Smog
USA
Formed: 1966
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Lo-Fi, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Sadcore, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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An under-recognized pioneer of the lo-fi revolution, Smog was essentially the alias of one Bill Callahan, an enigmatic singer/songwriter whose odd, fractured music neatly epitomized the tenets and excesses of the home-recording boom. Melancholy, poignant, and self-obsessed, Callahan's four-track output offered a peepshow view into an insular world of alienation and inner turmoil, his painfully intimate songs ping-ponging wildly through a scrapbook of childhood recollections, failed relationships, bizarre fetishes, and dashed hopes. Smog debute...
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