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NEW ALBUM "CONVERSATIONS IN D-MINOR" AVAILABLE NOW!!!

About the album:
"Thick psychedelia, sweet solos, and awesome guitar sounds..." - Decibel
"These guys are tight like spandex." - Planet Fuzz
"A strong whiff of Hendrix and Satriani" - Houston Press
"Goes way farther than most so-called exploratory bands would!" - Psychatrone Rhonedakk

The album contains the entire second jam session of Texas-based Smoking Spore, recorded live-in-studio. The album was produced by the band themselves and mixed/mastered with no overdubs, reamps, edits, second takes, drum replacement, quantization, or other frivolous foolery. The four-piece instrumental band blends seventies-inspired psychedelia with modern ambience, Southern stoner grooves, and a healthy buffet of bizarre guitar effects. Longer than most albums, their debut "Conversations in D-Minor" clocks in at over 74 minutes.

About the band:
Like a quartet of characters from some undiscovered Dr. Seuss book, Smoking Spore skips, jumps, waddles, and trips their way through completely improvised psychedelic epics. The band refuses to write, relying only on instinctive short-term memory to weave a different sonic composition every time they play. To solidify the experience, they film bizarre local phenomena and air them via projector during concerts. Their debut album, "Conversations in D-Minor" was recorded in less than two hours and melted seventies-inspired acid rock with Southern stoner grooves, infectious guitar melodies, piercing feedback, and modern effect-laden ambience. Since their debut, the band has incorporated a hearty buffet of new effects, an old organ, and some home-made oddities that look like they came from a mid-sixties sci-fi flick. "Conversations" was weird, and it appears this band will only get stranger, proving that a life in Houston's suburbs will eventually drive anyone to lunacy. Read more about Smoking Spore at www.smokingspore.com .