blue smiley ok 2LP Sides A/B on Green Vinyl + Sides C/D on Orange Vinyl; gold foil obi strip Oberst's strikingly plaintive vocals and

Oberst's strikingly plaintive vocals and quirky songwriting are threads that directly tie the album to its companion disc

which reflects on a wild adolescence of drugs and destruction

right at the point where they’re getting out of the time machine to bust into John Anthony’s studio right when Affinity is cutting their album for Vertigo

" "Stand Tall")

"Desert Dreams" sounds like rock city meets backwoods boogie

blue smiley ok 2LP Sides A/B on Green Vinyl + Sides C/D on Orange Vinyl; gold foil obi strip Oberst's strikingly plaintive vocals andIn 2013, Blue Smiley officially formed in Brian Nowell and John Slavins rodent infested North Philadelphia apartment. With Nowell primarily composing from the hammock he used as a bed, Blue Smiley created three short recordings within a year, featuring drummers Gracie Clements, Tim McMonigle, and Joe Veltri. Matt McGraw, drummer and childhood friend of Slavins, later joined the group to galvanize a sound that helped define Philadelphia indie rock of