the Smashing Times - Come Along With Me LP
“Well knock me down with a feather....
Here tis' in your lucky mitts lies the primordial cassette canoodlings that emanated up from some far flung Baltimore basement by those most surely now, near mythical,
Smashing Times.
Stately field recordings that seemingly straddle the void between a burgeoning subterranean folk rock renaissance, yet briefly encounter shimmering diy jangle popisms of this old curmudgeons youthquake, without a hint of revisionism ritual, or something trendy (like a emotional complex)
The quintet in question perambulate thru 15 (?) dizzying tracks of whimsical art-pop prowess, conjuring up a labyrinth of gear fabness, defying cultural tedium, that you'll be smashed blocked before teatime and soon to bed.
So get the picture and lend an ear to the Smashing Times.”
Sam Knee
Scene In Between
All songs written by Thee Jasmine Monk ASCAP
Jasmine, Alex and Ole played on this recording. The singles were recorded around the time of Come Along With Me by Alex and Jas but never made it into the band's rotation before we started working on Summer Inside.
Layout by Ole Johnson
Originally released on Cassette December 2019
Mastered by Fred Thomas
Side A - 20 minutes
1. Shade, the Changing Man
2. Romani Coats
3. The Lemon King
4. The Ladder
5. Please Come Along With Me
6. With a Louder Voice
Side B - 21.5 minutes
7. Listen
8. Edward Gorey Stories
9. Come Along With Me
10. Noboru's Eyes
11. It Comes and Goes