Root Hug by Maybe Smith
sir003 | October 2004
- Get it:
- iTunes
- Zunior
- MapleMusic
- 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
Bonus mp3 from the Root Hug sessions: You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover)
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.
Spazz-pop???
Maybe Smith (thanks to Root Hug) gets a shout-out in Exclaim’s year-in-review coverage (see the “Pop Go the Weirdos” section)!
Root Hug review from Leonard's Lair
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
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
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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