Root Hug

Root Hug by Maybe Smith

sir003 | October 2004



  1. Root Hug
  2. Underground Lost and Found
  3. Everyone Ruins Something
  4. Robots in the Park
  5. The Sad and Lonely White Noise Brigade
  6. Hey, Cosmonaut!
  7. Unless I Kill You First
  8. Curve for Comfort (Revisted)
  9. The Nihilist
  10. 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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Albums

  • Another Murder in the Morning
  • Tinfoil on the Windows
  • Snowmen & Scientists
  • Animals & Architects
  • Second Best Death
  • Root Hug
  • One For None
  • The Arriere Garde EP

Maybe Smith

“A highlight of Canadian indie music”—Exclaim!

“Here’s your chance to discover a true northern talent.”—Chart Magazine

“Canada’s best kept musical secret.”—Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio 3

Maybe Smith is the musical alias of Colin Skrapek from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The moniker holds no major significance besides being easier to pronounce than a Polish surname, though it also happens to be the name of a gunslinger in an obscure 1950s western film.

Maybe Smith has produced five LPs and two EPs of densely packed pop music full of samples, electronic squiggles and other curiosities since 2002. In 2008 his album Animals & Architects was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award. It lost to a Nickelback-esque rock album.