Undersmile Reunite
Welcome back, Undersmile. The last post I had concerning the UK atmospheric megasludge four-piece — posted on Sept. 19, 2016 — was titled simply “Undersmile Break Up.” Hard to get more straightforward with that. Now that they’ve just announced they’re re-banded — as opposed to disbanded — it seems only fair to lead with something likewise terse.
The group called it quits on the heels of their best work, which was 2015’s Anhedonia (review here) on Black Bow Records, and as the UK underground has continued to grow in amorphous fashion, their lurking, lingering misty heft has been missed. The reasons for the breakup were simple enough: life, school, other concerns, and so on, but they’ll play Chaos Theory Festival in London on Feb. 29 as their first show back and are looking to do more throughout 2020 as well. Hey guys, did you know that in your absence Desertfest opened a base of operations in New York? Just an idea.
And while I’m getting ahead of myself because I’m stoked Undersmile have returned, I asked if they might have new material written during their time away from the stage and studio, and yeah, they do. Quite reasonably, they’re getting older songs re-nailed down for the fest in Feb. and then they’ll start to think about piecing together and finalizing a follow-up for Anhedonia. From that timeline I’d say maybe 2021?
When I hear something, I’ll post accordingly. In the meantime, they had this to say about the reunion:
We’ve all really missed playing together in Undersmile for the last few years while personal commitments took precedence, but now we’re ready to get back to being an active band, playing gigs, and writing the next Undersmile album. We’re very excited to get back to business.
Our comeback gig is Chaos Theory Festival which takes place at The Dome in Tufnell Park, London on February 29th 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2027020767603675/
See you in 2020.
Undersmile:
Tom McKibbin – Drums
Olly Corona-Brown – Bass
Hel Sterne – Vocals and Lead Guitars
Taz Corona-Brown – Vocals and Guitars
http://www.facebook.com/Undersmile
https://undersmile.bandcamp.com/album/anhedonia
http://blackbowrecords.bigcartel.com/product/bbow007-undersmile-anhedonia-double-lp
