Photo by Jaycee Rockhold
I certainly wasn't expecting a band named Smut to sound anything like this. The Chicago based band's latest single, "After Silver Leaves," is this gorgeous slice of dream pop. The focus are the stunning vocals of Tay Roebuck and swirling guitars. Instead of the raw, in your face punk/rock I was expecting, Smut are the kind of band that can be compared to The Sundays and The Cranberries. The beauty of the music does hide quite a bit of darkness. Much of Smut's upcoming album is about Roebuck's younger sister who died by suicide weeks before her high school graduation.
Tay Roebuck says of her band's new single:
“This song is about a former relationship I was in, it was really horribly abusive. But the approach to this one was to just spell it all out and see how silly it feels once shit really hits the fan. The song sounds so happy, but I’m talking about driving someone to a hospital when they’ve overdosed. And having to detach myself and realize that maybe it’s not my job as a teenage girl to save some sad sack of a guy. I think a lot of young women will relate to that, unfortunately.”
You can watch the video for "After Silver Leaves" below. How the Light Felt is due out November 11 on Bayonet Records. The album can be pre-ordered here. For more on Smut, check out the band on Facebook and Twitter.
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