York Smiles • Spendthrift
“Stunning left-field sample based house album coming from York Smiles. This one is real special!””
Ten tracks meant to shake your soul and get you on the dance floor, be it a kitchen floor, a club, or a shady alleyway. Heavily sample-based dance music, the creations of York Smiles are groovy as hell while also constantly moving along, never straying on the same sound for too long. "There's much more to see, we mustn't waste any time." - type beat. Comparisons: Blockhead, Z-Trip, The Avalanches. The whole experience is a blast, one released by Chicago label Lake Shore Drive Records, and one where each song title is onlyone word long. Like "Houndstooth" and "Windowpane". Far out. The album acts as the independent label's third release (available on cassette if you're a real one). Arriving at the end of September, Spendthrift dropped just as Chicago grows colder. Perhaps this album is meant to keep us warm throughout the winter. Perhaps. Stream eight of the ten songs here or visit the Bandcamp page to give it a free download and listen to all of it.