Name: Open For Business
Brand: Smoke Bellow

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TIM165CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-09-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0793420071209

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

TIM165LP

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0793420071186

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TIM165LPC1

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Gold

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0793420071179

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / gold

Artist

Smoke Bellow

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Trouble In Mind

Trouble in Mind is a record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 2009 by Bill Roe and Lisa Roe, two passionate music enthusiasts. Since its inception, the label has been dedicated to releasing high-quality music across various genres.
With an impressive roster of talented artists, Trouble in Mind has become known for its diverse and eclectic catalog. From *The Liminanas* to *Ultimate Painting*, the label showcases a range of musical styles that appeal to both mainstream and alternative audiences.
As an independent label, Trouble in Mind prides itself on providing a platform for emerging artists to share their unique voices with the world. The label's commitment to nurturing talent has resulted in numerous critically acclaimed releases and collaborations.

Experimental duo Smoke Bellow have been at it since 2012, released the Blooming/Middling LP in 2014, followed by Isolation 3000 in 2018 (both on Baltimore label Ehse Records) After a line-up shuffle, they eventually recruited one of their favourite drummers and dear friend, Emmanuel Nicolaidis (Thank You, Oh Hang), which found the duo refining of their sound into a dizzyingly attractive mixture of kosmiche serenity, minimalist composition, test-card psychedelia, and highlife guitar.

With Open for Business the three members set out to create a set of songs more immediate and bare than previous outings. The album title itself is a cheeky reference to Maryland governor Larry Hogan's less than inspired motto "we're open for business". Half of the songs were written in a room together and the second half via email (for obvious reasons). At the time they were listening to a lot of post punk and were struck with the partnership of drums and bass as propulsive instruments. The trio started writing songs around that idea - with the rhythm as a brace to hang their decorations.

Sonically, Smoke Bellow are inspired by disparate sources. The heyday of Compass Point studios' famed rhythm section of Sly and Robbie sustained them for months. Others included good old VU, ESG, guitar hero Zani Diabate, The Raincoats (especially their under-appreciated second album, Odyshape), the frenetic sound collisions of the Flying Lizards, the ever warm blanket of Yo La Tengo, the evolving repetition of Stereolab, the understated genius of Asa Osborne, as well as Philip Glass and Steve Reich. 

RIYL: Cate Le Bon, Tom Tom Club, Exploded View, Shopping, Pram, The Fates, Broadcast, Ali Farke Touré, Electrelane, Solid Space, Nightshift. Transcontinental 