Smoosh, Free to Stay - 37m 17s

Tracks & Durations

1. Find A Way	3:03
2. I Would Go	3:11
3. Free To Stay	2:51
4. Rock Song	2:03
5. Waiting For Something	3:08
6. Clap On	3:28
7. Glider	2:19
8. Gold	3:54
9. Organ Talk	2:16
10. She's Right	3:47
11. This Is Not What We've Become	3:27
12. Slower Than Gold	3:41

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Review

Even in an alternate universe where it wasn't necessary to have dozens of "girls can rock... too!" cover stories throughout the 1990s, the young women of Smoosh (who can rock, too!) would still be exceptional. See, these Seattle-based sisters have been making intriguing music together since 2002, when they were eight and ten years old. This drums and keyboard duo was instantly a minor phenomena (perhaps unintentionally tapping into indie-rockers' obsession with childhood concerns), opening up for the likes of Death Cab for Cutie and Cat Power in venues they had to be escorted to by their parents. And while there is an element of novelty to their songs (sample lyric: "What about macaroni--let me finish--salad?"), they're also smart, funny, and fun as hell. Their second album and first for powerhouse indie Barsuk, Free to Stay, is loaded with complex harmonies and awesome distorted keyboard sounds (hey, this is what Quasi were supposed to sound like!). The vocal style owes more to contemporary pop than emo, which is a good thing, especially since the melismatic stuff is kept at a minimum. Free to Stay is fully excellent. --Mike McGonigalSmoosh write and play music that captures the pure enthusiasm and unadulterated bliss of making art for the joy of it. The band is made up of two sisters, aged 12 and 14; one playing drums and the other handling keyboards and vocals. This is their second record, and they've toured with Jimmy Eat World, The Go! Team, and Mates Of State. They've also played with the likes of Rilo Kiley, Pearl Jam, Death Cab For Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, Sleater-Kinney, and Cat Power (the latter of whom paid tribute to Smoosh by including a lip-sync performance of one of their songs in her live set).

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