Tracklist: 1. S Construction 01:39 2. Violent Game 03:20 3. Blind 01:39 4. Eyes Conversing 02:23 5. Lude 2 00:37 6. Mind Temp 03:15 7. Do You? 01:53 8. Goons On The Beach 02:33 9. New Way Out 01:32 10. Lude 00:49 11. Step 02:13 12. Irrelevant Man 02:40
released March 5, 2021
"Smirk is the solo project of Public Eye’s Nick Vicario, and while you’ll hear similarities to his main outfit across these 12 excellent tracks (from the off, you can imagine how PE might refine garage-carved nuggets like ‘S Construction’), here there’s less sang-froid and more… well, fun. The reference points you might expect are still there (Killed By Death comps and Wire, especially their 80s period, to name a couple), but with added scuzz and something even approaching joy - the whirling synths of ‘Eyes Conversing’ feel ominous, but they also convey a sense of delirious excitement. And dammit, it’s all fucking cool too."
Drunken Sailor Records
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1.
S Construction 01:39
2.
Violent Game 03:20
3.
Blind 01:39
4.
Eyes Conversing 02:23
5.
Lude 2 00:37
6.
Mind Temp 03:15
7.
Do You? 01:53
8.
Goons On The Beach 02:33
9.
New Way Out 01:32
10.
Lude 00:49
11.
Step 02:13
12.
Irrelevant Man 02:40
released March 5, 2021
"Smirk is the solo project of Public Eye’s Nick Vicario, and while you’ll hear similarities to his main outfit across these 12 excellent tracks (from the off, you can imagine how PE might refine garage-carved nuggets like ‘S Construction’), here there’s less sang-froid and more… well, fun. The reference points you might expect are still there (Killed By Death comps and Wire, especially their 80s period, to name a couple), but with added scuzz and something even approaching joy - the whirling synths of ‘Eyes Conversing’ feel ominous, but they also convey a sense of delirious excitement. And dammit, it’s all fucking cool too."