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Smudge appeared at the inaugural [[Big Day Out]] in January 1992. They released a 7" single, "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" (referencing the Go-Between's [[Grant McLennan]]) in March of that year,<ref name="McFarlane"/> which was also issued on a four-track EP of the same name.<ref name="NLA Grant">{{cite web | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9318142?q=Smudge+%22Don%27t+Want+to+Be+Grant+McLennan%22&c=music&versionId=10808405 | title = ''Don't Want to be Grant McLennan'' &#91;sound recording&#93;. – Version details | date = | work = Trove | publisher = National Library of Australia | accessdate = 4 June 2017 }}</ref> It was named by [[John Peel]] as his record of the week.
Smudge appeared at the inaugural [[Big Day Out]] in January 1992. They released a 7" single, "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" (referencing the Go-Between's [[Grant McLennan]]) in March of that year,<ref name="McFarlane"/> which was also issued on a four-track EP of the same name.<ref name="NLA Grant">{{cite web | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9318142?q=Smudge+%22Don%27t+Want+to+Be+Grant+McLennan%22&c=music&versionId=10808405 | title = ''Don't Want to be Grant McLennan'' &#91;sound recording&#93;. – Version details | date = | work = Trove | publisher = National Library of Australia | accessdate = 4 June 2017 }}</ref> It was named by [[John Peel]] as his record of the week.


''Love Lust & Lemonjuice'' (September 1992) their second EP included the track, "Divan".<ref name="McFarlane"/> According to Australian musicologist, [[Ian McFarlane]], the two EPs demonstrated "rough-hewn yet sprightly power pop wrapped around witty lyrics, squalling, fuzzy guitars, urgent melodies and grungy production."<ref name="McFarlane"/>
''Love Lust & Lemonjuice'' (September 1992) their second EP included the track, "Divan".<ref name="McFarlane"/> According to Australian musicologist, [[Ian McFarlane]], the two EPs demonstrated "rough-hewn yet sprightly power pop wrapped around witty lyrics, squalling, fuzzy guitars, urgent melodies and grungy production."<ref name="McFarlane"/> This was followed by the "Superhero" EP in 1993, which included covers of the [[Laverne & Shirley]] theme "[[Making Our Dreams Come True]]" and [[John Waite]]'s "[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]".


In 1994 Duncan was replaced by Adam Yee on bass guitar (ex-Headache). In March of that year the band released its debut album, ''Manilow'', produced by Dalton, on Half a Cow records.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230431929 |title=Smudge – ''Manilow'' |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=40, |issue=2 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 March 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134305361 |title=Home Entertainment: Get the tissue-box out |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=68, |issue=21,502 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 February 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In 1994 Duncan was replaced by Adam Yee on bass guitar (ex-Headache). In March of that year the band released its debut album, ''Manilow'', produced by Dalton, on Half a Cow records.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230431929 |title=Smudge – ''Manilow'' |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=40, |issue=2 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 March 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134305361 |title=Home Entertainment: Get the tissue-box out |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=68, |issue=21,502 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 February 1994 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


In October 1996 they released their second album, ''You, Me, Carpark...Now!'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230434841 |title=sounds |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=42, |issue=13 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 October 1996 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which was recorded in the US, and saw a more mature and decisively less lo-fi sound. The album featured the "Mike Love, Not War" single, with the cover art featuring a parody of [[The Beach Boys]]' ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140140162 |title=Smudge |newspaper=[[Woroni]] |volume=48, |issue=4 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 May 1996 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=34 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The second single from the album was the three track, "Slight Return". In 1997 the band released a compilation of rarities, ''Mo Poontang''.
In October 1996 they released their second album, ''You, Me, Carpark...Now!'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230434841 |title=sounds |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |volume=42, |issue=13 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 October 1996 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which was recorded in [[Chicago]], with producer [[Casey Rice]] and number of additional studio musicians, including [[John McEntire]] ([[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]]). The release saw a more mature and decisively less lo-fi sound. The album featured the "Mike Love, Not War" single, with the cover art featuring a parody of [[The Beach Boys]]' ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140140162 |title=Smudge |newspaper=[[Woroni]] |volume=48, |issue=4 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 May 1996 |accessdate=3 June 2017 |page=34 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The second single from the album was the three track, "Slight Return". In 1997 the band released a compilation of rarities, ''Mo Poontang''.


During 1997-1998 the band had two guitars in line-up - Pete Kelly (ex-Disneyfist, Sea Life Park, Decoder Ring) joined the band on second guitar and helped record the band's fourth album, ''Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra''. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the [[Australian Music Report]]'s Top 10 Localternative Albums. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themusic.com.au/im_m/archive/981110-134/amr.html |archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10761/20010801-0000/www.themusic.com.au/im_m/archive/981110-134/amr.html|title=AMR Charts |date=10 November 1998|publisher=[[Australian Music Report]]|archivedate=1 August 2001|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref>
During 1997-1998 the band had two guitars in line-up - Pete Kelly (ex-Disneyfist, Sea Life Park, Decoder Ring) joined the band on second guitar and helped record the band's fourth album, ''Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra''. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the [[Australian Music Report]]'s Top 10 Localternative Albums. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themusic.com.au/im_m/archive/981110-134/amr.html |archiveurl=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10761/20010801-0000/www.themusic.com.au/im_m/archive/981110-134/amr.html|title=AMR Charts |date=10 November 1998|publisher=[[Australian Music Report]]|archivedate=1 August 2001|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref>

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Smudge
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active
  • 1991 (1991)–1999 (1999)
  • 2002 (2002)–present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Paul Duncan
  • Pete Kelly

Smudge are an Australian rock and indie pop trio formed in 1991 by Paul Duncan on bass guitar, Alison Galloway on drums and Tom Morgan on lead guitar and lead vocals (both ex-Godstar). Morgan is known outside Australia as a song writing collaborator of Evan Dando and his band, the Lemonheads. In 1994 Duncan was replaced on bass guitar by Adam Yee and in 1997 Pete Kelly joined on guitar. Smudge signed with Half a Cow to issue four studio albums, Manilow (1994), Hot Smoke and Sassafras (1994), You Me Carpark . . . Now (1996) and Real McCoy Wrong Sinatra (1998), before going into hiatus from late 1999.

History

Smudge were formed in 1991 in Sydney by Paul Duncan on bass guitar, Alison Galloway on drums and Tom Morgan on lead guitar and lead vocals.[1][2] Galloway and Morgan were also band mates in Godstar alongside Nic Dalton, who was the co-owner of the record label, Half a Cow.[3][4] Duncan and Morgan were former school friends.[5]

Smudge had formed after Galloway and Morgan were asked by Dalton to contribute a song, "Tea, Toast & Turmoil", to the 1991 Half a Cow 7" four-track split extended play, Slice (with one track each from Swirl, Jupiter and Studley Lush).[1] Their first gig was at the Landsdowne Hotel – where Galloway had been a barmaid – to launch the EP.[5] An Oz Music Project reporter described Smudge's track as "a short, melodic pop song with colourful lyrics which set the blueprint for the future output of [the band]."[2] In mid-year Morgan met Evan Dando (of the Lemonheads) via Dalton; Morgan and Dando subsequently developed a song writing partnership.[2][6]

Smudge appeared at the inaugural Big Day Out in January 1992. They released a 7" single, "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" (referencing the Go-Between's Grant McLennan) in March of that year,[1] which was also issued on a four-track EP of the same name.[7] It was named by John Peel as his record of the week.

Love Lust & Lemonjuice (September 1992) their second EP included the track, "Divan".[1] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, the two EPs demonstrated "rough-hewn yet sprightly power pop wrapped around witty lyrics, squalling, fuzzy guitars, urgent melodies and grungy production."[1] This was followed by the "Superhero" EP in 1993, which included covers of the Laverne & Shirley theme "Making Our Dreams Come True" and John Waite's "Missing You".

In 1994 Duncan was replaced by Adam Yee on bass guitar (ex-Headache). In March of that year the band released its debut album, Manilow, produced by Dalton, on Half a Cow records.[8][9]

In October 1996 they released their second album, You, Me, Carpark...Now!,[10] which was recorded in Chicago, with producer Casey Rice and number of additional studio musicians, including John McEntire (Tortoise). The release saw a more mature and decisively less lo-fi sound. The album featured the "Mike Love, Not War" single, with the cover art featuring a parody of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album.[11] The second single from the album was the three track, "Slight Return". In 1997 the band released a compilation of rarities, Mo Poontang.

During 1997-1998 the band had two guitars in line-up - Pete Kelly (ex-Disneyfist, Sea Life Park, Decoder Ring) joined the band on second guitar and helped record the band's fourth album, Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Music Report's Top 10 Localternative Albums. [12]

From late October 1999[13] until 2002 the band went on an extended hiatus while drummer Alison Galloway went trekking across the world. She joined Her Name in Lights, which issued their debut album, Into the Light Again, in October 2004, but she had already left that band before it appeared.[14]

The band re-united for a limited number of performances in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of 2004. In October 2008 they again performed together at the inaugural Sounds of Spring Festival in Brisbane which was followed by two performances in Melbourne the following weekend. In August 2010 the band released a compilation album, This Smudge is True.[15][16] In November and December that year they supported The Lemonheads on an Australian tour playing all thirteen songs from the 1992 album It's a Shame about Ray, plus a selection of songs from other albums. Morgan and Galloway played with Dando in the encore performance of "The Outdoor Type". Smudge performed as part of the lineup for the 2011 Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia.

Discography

Albums

  • Manilow – Half a Cow/Domino/Shake (1994)[17]
    • Manilow 2cd Reissue - Half a Cow (2006)
  • You, Me, Carpark...Now! - Half a Cow (1996)[18]
  • Mo' Poontang - Half a Cow (1997)[19]
  • Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra - Half a Cow (1998)[20]
  • This Smudge Is True - Half a Cow (2010)[15]

Extended plays

  • Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan – Shock UK (1992) (7" EP)[7]
  • Love, Lust & Lemonjuice - Half a Cow (1992)
  • Superhero - Half a Cow/Domino (1993)
  • Hot Smoke and Sassafras - Half a Cow/Domino/Shake/100 Guitar Mania (1994)
  • Big City Poontang - Half a Cow (1995)
  • Mike Love Not War - Half a Cow (1996)
  • Impractical Joke - Half a Cow/Domino/Shake (1994)
  • Slight Return EP - Half a Cow (1996)
  • Eighteen in a Week - Half a Cow (1999)[21]

Singles

  • "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" - Half a Cow (1991) (7")
  • "Leroy de Foix" - Half a Cow (1992) (promotional 7")
  • "The Outdoor Type" - Domino (1993) (12"/cd)
  • "Desmond" 7 - The Bus Stop Label, USA (1994) (7")
  • "Hot Potato (demo version)" - Blind (1998) (split 7")

References

  1. ^ a b c d e McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Smudge'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. {{cite book}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Jasper Lee (ed.). "Smudge". Oz Music Project. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  3. ^ McFarlane, 'Godstar' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "Godstar". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b Maksimovic, Semone. Jasper Lee (ed.). "An Interview with Tom Morgan". Oz Music Project. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ Middles, Mick (6 August 2010). "Smudge – Manilow & Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra (Reissues)". The Quietus. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Don't Want to be Grant McLennan [sound recording]. – Version details". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Smudge – Manilow". Tharunka. Vol. 40, , no. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 15 March 1994. p. 43. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  9. ^ "Home Entertainment: Get the tissue-box out". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, , no. 21, 502. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 February 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  10. ^ "sounds". Tharunka. Vol. 42, , no. 13. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1996. p. 44. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  11. ^ "Smudge". Woroni. Vol. 48, , no. 4. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 May 1996. p. 34. Retrieved 3 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  12. ^ "AMR Charts". Australian Music Report. 10 November 1998. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Smudge@ Goldmans, Sydney". Oz Music Project. 8 October 1999. Archived from the original on 7 August 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  14. ^ Gyles, Soph. "Her Name in Lights: Into the Light Again". Oz Music Project (Jasper Lee). Archived from the original on 7 August 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  15. ^ a b Levin, Darren (23 July 2010). "This Smudge Is True Smudge". The Age. p. 13. ISSN 0312-6307.
  16. ^ Ho, Michelle (30 August 2010). "Smudge - This Smudge is True (2010 LP)". The [AU] Review. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  17. ^ Smudge (Musical group) (2006). "Manilow". Strawberry Hills, NSW, Australia: Half a Cow Records. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  18. ^ Smudge (Musical group) (1996). "You me carpark ... now". Half a Cow/Mercury Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  19. ^ Smudge. "Mo' Poontang". Half A Cow. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  20. ^ Smudge (1998). "Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra". Half A Cow. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  21. ^ Smudge. "Eighteen In A Week". Half A Cow. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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