{"id":7415,"date":"2021-09-17T08:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T06:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2021-09-17T09:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T07:26:23","slug":"new-ep-smirk-ep-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/17\/new-ep-smirk-ep-12\/","title":{"rendered":"New EP: Smirk || EP 12&#8243;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smirk is a solo project from Nic Vicario (Autistic Youth, Crisis Man, Public Eye). Six months ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/new-album-smirk-lp\/\">I wrote about the debut LP by Smirk<\/a>, which compiled the band&#8217;s first two EP&#8217;s. I liked the groovy and hypnotic lo-fi punk songs on that one a lot, but I am even more excited about the band&#8217;s third EP, which is out now on 12&#8243;vinyl on Total Punk Records. The EP has a slightly crisper production that brings out the anxious energy of the music even better. Vicario has retained and refined his cool groovy guitar riffing, but the songs sound more direct, accessible, and melodic without losing any punk attitude. Songs like <em>Staring At Screens<\/em>, <em>So Original<\/em> and <em>Imaginary Harry<\/em> are an absolute blast. Play this one loud!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1965516307\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1938702347\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smirk1.bandcamp.com\/album\/ep\">EP by Smirk<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1965516307\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2817374825\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smirk1.bandcamp.com\/album\/ep\">EP by Smirk<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\nAdd to wantlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/smirk1.bandcamp.com\/album\/ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/totalpunkrecords.com\/products\/smirk-e-p-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Total Punk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smirk is a solo project from Nic Vicario (Autistic Youth, Crisis Man, Public Eye). Six months ago, I wrote about the debut LP by Smirk, which compiled the band&#8217;s first two EP&#8217;s. I liked the groovy and hypnotic lo-fi punk songs on that one a lot, but I am even more excited about the band&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[598,623,624,638],"class_list":["post-7415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-punk","tag-album-review","tag-ep-review","tag-smirk","tag-total-punk-records"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New EP: Smirk || EP 12&quot; - Add To Wantlist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/17\/new-ep-smirk-ep-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New EP: Smirk || EP 12&quot; - Add To Wantlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smirk is a solo project from Nic Vicario (Autistic Youth, Crisis Man, Public Eye). 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