THE EAGLE HAS LANDED Various Artists 1998

 

Discogs

 

Vinyl release on the Tranquility Base record label

 

Tracklist

A1	The Hourly Radio (2)–	Speed Of Ashes
A2	Ke Chandara–	Forgiveness
A3	Glorium–	The Double
A4	Cordial (3)–	Underwhelmed
A5	Stratego–	Roadtrip
B1	Drill For Absentee–	Naked Singularity
B2	Nobuhjest–	Define And Direct
B3	ChrisSteveRyan–	To: Love And Honor
B4	Ethel Meserve–	Reelies
C1	Smart Went Crazy–	How To Blacken Your Own Name
C2	At The Drive In*–	Salient
C3	Ed Matus' Struggle–	Hovering
C4	Watts Systems Ltd.*–	Two On One Arm
C5	Cerberus Shoal–	Lighthouse In Athens Part II
D1	Los Despeinados–	To Bene
D2	Don Caballero–	And And And And And And And And And And
D3	Brave New Gun–	Song 1
D4	Shrink To Fit–	Be Around
D5	Galaxian (4)–	Cordillera

 

 

SMART WENT CRAZY Now We're Even 1996

Discogs

Artist Biography by Daphne Carr

Easily the most cynical of the D.C. Dischord bands, Smart Went Crazy combine the Psychedelic Furs-like ironic and honest portraits of their surrounding scene with well-orchestrated, edgy punk in the vein of Shudder to Think. The band started as a studio project with Chad Clark (vox, guitar, piano), Abram Goodrich (bass), and Hilary Soldati (vox, cello) and added Tony Dennison on drums to record the Cubbyhole EP released on their own label Cozy Disc. They began playing live shows as a quintet with Jeff Boswell on guitar and farfisa in their native Washington D.C. and Devin Ocampo came in after Dennison late in 1997. Their 1996 full-length, Now We're Even, begins the band's ultra-black humor and noisy brand of art-punk. Con Art shows the band at their best with razor-sharp portraits of old lovers and depraved friends falling over Ocampo's mid-tempo tumult drumming and Soldati/Clark's sing-sneer vocals. The group disbanded shortly after their 1998 tour. Ocampo now has an instrumental rock band named Faraquet. 

Tracklist

		Now We're Even
1	–Smart Went Crazy	Best And Final Offer
2	–Smart Went Crazy	Spy Vs. Spy
3	–Smart Went Crazy	Null Set
4	–Smart Went Crazy	I Liked You Better When You Were Sick
5	–Smart Went Crazy	Sugar In Your Gas Tank
6	–Smart Went Crazy	That Which Is In The Way
7	–Smart Went Crazy	Gentleman Caller
8	–Smart Went Crazy	Garden Variety Hate Song
9	–Smart Went Crazy	Pallbearer's Blues
10	–Smart Went Crazy	Domestic Tension
11	–Smart Went Crazy	Love Goes Blank
12	–Smart Went Crazy	Gold Star
13	–Smart Went Crazy	Intermission
		The Royal We EP
14	–Abram*	Eat Zero X-Ray
15	–Chad*	Blackbird B-Side
16	–Hilary*	M. Amazon
17	–Jeff*	Wilt
18	–Tony*	Clown