
When Smith Westerns broke on the scene with their debut album, eyebrows were raised by many, and justifiably so. After all, it was 2009 and the latest garage-rock revival was in full swing. Band after band was released upon the world carrying the flag of the new "lo-fi movement" sweeping the indie music scene. Along comes a band full of kids that hadn't even finished high school yet, and were signed to Fat Possum records. You'd be forgiven for thinking these kids just might not be as good as the press was saying they were. That [...]