Root Hug
sir003 | Released: October 2004
- Root Hug
- Underground Lost and Found
- Everyone Ruins Something
- Robots in the Park
- The Sad and Lonely White Noise Brigade
- Hey, Cosmonaut!
- Unless I Kill You First
- Curve for Comfort (Revisted)
- The Nihilist
- Because of You
Maybe Smith is not afraid of pop music. Root Hug, Maybe Smith’s sophomore LP, is living, pulsating proof that the artist who embraced layer-upon-layer of gorgeous, fuzzy experimentation with One For None (sir002) is ready to bring his melodic heart to the forefront. This is an uncompromisingly unique collection of electro-pop that is both insanely catchy and wonderfully challenging.
Bonus mp3 from the Root Hug recording sessions: You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Written and produced by Colin Skrapek in Saskatoon, February – August 2004. Additional vocals by Aunt Melba. Additional guitar by Dean Summach. Flugelhorn by Dylan McKinnon. Turntables by Dren. A few noisy samples courtesy of Holzkopf (used with permission). Mastered by Joel Grundahl. Artwork by David Jaggutis and Colin Skrapek.
Root Hug review from Leonard's Lair
Thursday October 28, 2004
Last year Canadian Colin Skrapek delivered a collection of bedroom symphonies which reflected an appreciation of Stockhausen just as much as it emulated The Flaming Lips… Read full article »
Root Hug review from Threeohsix
Wednesday October 13, 2004
Cementing his place as perhaps one of Saskatoon’s most underrated performers/artists is the musical force named Maybe Smith aka Colin Skrapek and his awesome new release “Root Hug“… Read full article »
Root Hug review from The Sheaf
Thursday October 7, 2004
I know that Saskatoon is far away from…well everywhere really, but it seems amazing nonetheless that some enterprising A&R man from a major record label hasn’t braved the vast distances to come and kidnap Maybe Smith… Read full article »
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