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Smile Brigade is into simplicity; a strong melody, a good hook and the knack for putting it all together.
It's that simplicity and knack that make their music hard to get out of your head. Over the past three years, the band has been tucked away in their practice space working on infectious melodies. Their songs range from mildly sugarcoated pop, to sleazy and riff-laden rock, to melancholic lullabies. All the while they maintain a fluidity of impenetrable hooks, rich vocal harmonies and tactful composition.

--reviews
"August 21, the night of the fourteenth Ball Of Wax CD release party. I dropped by Sunset Tavern here in Ballard at about 8:30, just in time to see Levi Fuller, the mastermind behind this quarterly compilation series, play his song from the album. But a highlight of the evening would come when I discovered that Smile Brigade would be laying down a set toward the end of the evening.
You see, I covered Smile Brigade some time ago and I had not yet had a chance to see the band live. What I remember from that feature article long ago was that Smile Brigade played some pretty damn fun power pop. And that’s what they laid out for us toward the end of the evening at the Sunset.
Their music fit well with the evening, despite an electric full band presence when most artists were solos or duos and generally acoustic at that. I introduced myself to [Jesse], the lead singer, before they took the stage and he mentioned their recent release, an LP titled Take The Precious Edge Off This Treacherous Ledge.
I’m looking forward to hearing more from Smile Brigade in the near future—yet another great Seattle indie-pop band. Included below is “Big Desires”, the track Smile Brigade donated to Ball Of Wax 13, available for purchase here." Fensepost.com

"The debut from this Seattle quartet boasts solid songwriting that covers territory from searing guitar stompers to organ-driven '90s throwbacks to Americana-laced ballads." -Eyl- Denver Westword

“These tunes are a blend of enjoyable pop music that, in some camps, could almost fall into the folk-pop Wilco-like category” –Fense Fensepost.com

“The group makes sweet sounds that are definitely something to expose those pearly whites for. The album ranges from distorted heavy rockers infused with sweet vocals to poppy numbers that are sure to put a wry grin on your face.” -Philip Fairbanks adequacy.net

“Smile Brigade has been honing their particular brand of pop music— which manages to be dark and sardonic, yet breezy and fun at the same time.” –Levi Slade thestranger.com

“combining classic vocal harmonies with rougher arrangements, with the occasional sparkling surprise.” -Ned Ragget allmusic.com

“Wrapped in a blanket of aptly distorted interlude mini-songs, this album is set pretty comfortably in a bed of hazy guitars and sigh filled vocals. This could get any coffee drinking college kid swaying to the sound of its light structure and relevant lyrics. Following an almost folk format, SB is able to create some pretty lucid dream-like serenades with chorus vocals and abound acoustical fortitude.” –Pernell skylinepress.net

“J. Hiram Boggs lends his rich vocals-a slight growl at times recalling John Mellencamp and, at others, Jeff Tweedy-easily to the countrified ballads, but it's on the piano-and-reverb-drenched "Distorted Ivory Coast" and "Devastating" where his voice truly impresses. Boggs' vocals bridge the rift between the experimental and the traditional, making otherwise out-of-place songs fit in perfectly." -Katie Sauro Seattle Sound Magazine

"This hazy indie-pop band from Seattle have the ability to give every song it's own little twist while keeping a constant smile on their listeners' face. Dig Smile Brigade live on KEXP."-W. Myers KEXP 90.3 FM

live show @ the Paradox w/ A. Luxem on bass and Charlie Walsh on percussion

Busking in the streets of Little Tokyo, LA before our show at the Cocaine. Fun times

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