Blood Orange, by The Smoke

Blood Orange

by The Smoke

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1.	Good Morning Jack 04:06	buy track
2.	Midnight 02:45	buy track
3.	Defeat Retreat 03:22	buy track
4.	Cassette Culture 03:18	buy track
5.	Sweet Spanish 03:01	buy track
6.	Ghostly Kind Of Love 03:07	buy track
7.	Blood Orange 03:23	buy track
8.	Baby's Got The Shakes 03:04	buy track
9.	Night Flight 02:27	buy track
10.	Wasted Years 02:16	buy track
11.	You'll Never Know 01:59	buy track
12.	Cut The Brakes 02:31	buy track
13.	Stoned On Fire 04:12	buy track

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Debut album by Melbourne band The Smoke. Released in 2009.

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released March 14, 2009

All songs written and performed by The Smoke.

Produced by The Smoke. Recorded by Dane Robertson at Rancho Relaxo and Gavin Nebauer at The Mountain Base, Melbourne. Mixed by Gavin Nebauer and Dane Robertson at The Mountain Base. Mastered by Gavin Nebauer at The Mountain Base.

Brigid Gallacher sings backing vocals on Sweet Spanish. Mark Brown sings backing vocals on Good Morning Jack.

Artwork by Daniel and Leigh Mullens. Cover photos by Leigh Mullens. Band photos by Ava Pham.

We would like to thank our families, Brigid Gallacher, Gavin Nebauer, Celeste Baer, Loran McDougall, Wisteria Mulvey, Sarah Cramond, Ava Pham, Lucy Honigman, Mad Mike, Ben Rechter, Aidan Ferguson, Lloyd Williams, Kaori Okushiro, Linden Duck, Ashley Williams, Lara Greene, BDS, Tom Farrah, Dan Farmer, Dave Gagliardi, Belinda Healy, Mark Eatock, Bill Brookes and our neighbours.

Dedicated to our friend Mark Alexander Brown.

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The Smoke Melbourne, Australia

The Smoke is a five-piece from Melbourne that plays 60s rock n’ roll like a punk band — or vice versa.

The band formed in 2008 and began writing songs and recording them in their living room. These recordings would become their debut album Blood Orange, released through MGM the following year.

A follow-up EP, Cut Like A Crystal, was released in 2010. ... more

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