SML's How You Been captures the electric energy of live improvisation across multiple venues, from Los Angeles' Zebulon and The High Low to Chicago's Empty Bottle and Seattle's Tractor Tavern. This 2025 release on International Anthem Recording Company showcases the electronic-jazz collective's evolved sound, where spasmodic saxophone meets unexpected U2-esque guitar lines over bustling, crackling grooves.
The album perfects SML's collaging technique with more complex and intuitive compositions that blur the lines between rave and jazz club. These live recordings demonstrate improvised music at its most engaging, creating euphoric moments that forge bright new pathways in American jazz while feeling like deep-career dispatches from an ensemble fully aligned in sound and vision.
- Format: Vinyl
- Label: International Anthem Recording Company
- Genre: Electronic, Jazz
- Release Date: 11/07/2025
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TRACKS
A1. Guttural Utterance
A2. Chicago Four
A3. Taking Out The Trash
A4. Plankton
A5. Chicago Three
A6. Daves
A7. Old Myth
B1. Stepping In / The Loop
B2. Brood Board SHROOM
B3. Odd Evens
B4. How You Been
B5. Moving Walkway
B6. Mouth Words
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