back to
Soft Abuse
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

A Sketchbook of Endings

by Steven R. Smith

/
  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of A Sketchbook of Endings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 4 days

      $15 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of A Sketchbook of Endings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 4 days

      $8 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD  or more

     

1.
Careening 02:03
2.
3.
4.
5.
Grainstacks 02:44
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

about

With nearly 25 years of solo recordings & releases to his credit, hermetic Californian Steven R. Smith goes back to the start with A Sketchbook of Endings, the first solo release under his own name in 8 years. A Sketchbook of Endings continues Smith’s exploration of the intersection of moody post-punk and cinematic psychedelia, delivered in lysergic pop song-length spurts.

Brevity does nothing to sacrifice density or dynamics; Smith offers both in abundance across the album's 15 instrumentals. These songs are packed with all of the depth, intensity & nuance that have been trademarks of his music for so long. Despite appearing under his given name, A Sketchbook of Endings includes traces of recent work, under guises such as Ulaan Khol, Ulaan Markhor and Ulaan Passerine, as well echoes of his forebearers Mick Harvey and Rowland S. Howard. A Sketchbook of Endings is a highlight of Smith's first quarter century of activities, a beacon of his rich and varied anti-career.

credits

released May 31, 2019

Recorded September 2017 - January 2018 at Worstward Studios
Instruments: electric guitar, analog synth, percussion, piano, organ, hurdy gurdy, spike fiddle

Mastered by Sean McCann
Artwork by Kuriyama Haruo

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Steven R. Smith Los Angeles, California

Steven R. Smith is the mind of Hala Strana, Ulaan Khol, Ulaan Passerine, Ulaan Markhor (& so many more), but also makes music under his given name. Active since the mid-90s, Smith has recorded a staggering totem of work, and every release is as good as the next. ... more

contact / help

Contact Steven R. Smith

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Steven R. Smith, you may also like: