{"product_id":"sml-spontaneous-music-live","title":"SML - Spontaneous Music Live","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat : LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : International Anthem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatalog # : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIARC-0112\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenre : \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/passengerseatrecords.com\/collections\/jazz\" title=\"Jazz\"\u003eJazz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSML is a Los Angeles based quintet featuring Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu,\u003cbr\u003eJosh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, and Gregory Uhlmann.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpontaneous Music Live contains two side-length pieces of unedited\u003cbr\u003eimprovisation, recorded live at Los Angeles venue Zebulon during SML's\u003cbr\u003eDecember 2025 three-night residency, just weeks after the release of the band's\u003cbr\u003esecond album HOW YOU BEEN. It was recorded and mixed live to stereo tape\u003cbr\u003eby Bryce Gonzales (the same engineer\/wizard known for his gorgeous live\u003cbr\u003ecaptures\/mixes of Jeff Parker's ETA IVtet).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween HOW YOU BEEN and their 2024 debut SMALL MEDIUM LARGE\u003cbr\u003e(both of which were heavily edited, shaped and post-produced) the band has\u003cbr\u003edeveloped a reputation for records that are heavily fused, polished, and punchy.\u003cbr\u003eThe medium is on full post-modern display on those LPs, and the band’s post-\u003cbr\u003eproduction knife can be responsible for much of the perspective—the tastiest\u003cbr\u003emorsels collected, arranged, and rearranged just so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpontaneous Music Live removes the curatorial perspective and pulls the\u003cbr\u003ecurtain back on that search-pluck-reconstruct editing process. What we’re left\u003cbr\u003ewith is the psychedelic realism of the band in situ, in their home town,\u003cbr\u003ecollectively improvising, fully in-the-moment, mining for that moment of\u003cbr\u003ediscovery. We hear, in macro, each nugget of sound which could be the basis for a\u003cbr\u003efuture SML album track, spattered amongst the collective chaos-and-control like stars in the night sky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 208px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1898338572\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/intlanthem.bandcamp.com\/album\/spontaneous-music-live\"\u003eSpontaneous Music Live by SML\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Passenger Seat Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54040006230211,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/5011\/1427\/files\/SML-SpontaneousMusicLive.jpg?v=1782424698","url":"https:\/\/passengerseatrecords.com\/products\/sml-spontaneous-music-live","provider":"Passenger Seat Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}