A pioneer of the home recording movement, Linda Smith released several collections of delicate, bewitching solo music on cassette in the 1980s and 90s. The 2021 release of Till Another Time: 1988-1996, Captured Tracks’ compilation of Smith’s work, has helped bestow rightful critical acclaim to the ahead-of-her-time artist. Now, Captured Tracks dives deeper into Smith’s catalog with the release of two full-length companion albums, Nothing Else Matters and I So Liked Spring, available for the first time on vinyl & streaming formats.
The Smashing Times: “I know where Dan Treacy Lives” And so do you if you live in Baltimore You may try to look them up neé Barrett, neé Clark But just ask the Postman, they reside under the name The Smashing Times. Known poets about town, Filthy mother nature’s sons Called out for Tea Cozies and old wrinkled clothes But put on ‘oh so well’- with Jangle and Verve “the night belongs to poets and madmen" Drinking cups of hot tea after a dance alone in the rain A Tom Courtney Movie plays in the background. Oh so surreal.
