SMITHS - s/t LP disco Know America is Lamont Thomas's

Know America is Lamont Thomas's fifth LP in four years as Obnox

Even money – usually an effective persuader—initially failed to move him

and sometimes inspirational

their use of repetition can still be traced back to their harsh beginnings

the instability around the recording of "Wooden Head" (and the five years before) had slid into a deep and seething acrimony

SMITHS - s/t LP disco Know America is Lamont Thomas'sThe Smiths must have sounded like nothing else in 1983. The band were a live tour de force but also poetic and lyrical. The Smiths was their murky debut and contains several future classics. Match the Byrds like guitar playing and a particular kind of Manchester melancholy with a vocalist who sounds like a demented seal and there you have it. Total brilliance.