Mark Harwood - Offering LP Cassette Open For Business by Smoke

Open For Business by Smoke Bellow

The group that revived Groovy Post Punk a few years back and inspired a few dozen other Rough Trade sounding acts

to the degree that I could regularly finish tracks I enjoyed listening to

yet the Sextet’s playing—recorded without much in way of edits or overdubs —keeps everything grounded

Mark Harwood - Offering LP Cassette Open For Business by SmokePenultimate Press label head Mark Harwood once again manages to have a very distinct (anti?) musical voice in a realm that can sometimes feel a little plagued by indistinctiveness. While there are some passages of smagol like uneasiness, generally the palette of voice, field recordings and normal instruments (played semi normally) have been shaped, taped and edited (with help from Graham Lambkin) to form an engaging, obtuse but trance inducing sound