{"product_id":"pre-order-sml-spontaneous-music-live-lp","title":"PRE-ORDER: SML \"Spontaneous Music Live\" LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around JUNE 26th, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order for those items. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmain\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content\" class=\"col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"widget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content\" class=\"onecolumn itempage\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"col-xs-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSML is a Los Angeles based quintet featuring Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJosh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, and Gregory Uhlmann.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpontaneous Music Live contains two side-length pieces of unedited \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimprovisation, recorded live at Los Angeles venue Zebulon during SML's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecember 2025 three-night residency, just weeks after the release of the band's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esecond album HOW YOU BEEN. It was recorded and mixed live to stereo tape \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Bryce Gonzales (the same engineer\/wizard known for his gorgeous live \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaptures\/mixes of Jeff Parker's ETA IVtet).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween HOW YOU BEEN and their 2024 debut SMALL MEDIUM LARGE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(both of which were heavily edited, shaped and post-produced) the band has \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeveloped a reputation for records that are heavily fused, polished, and punchy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe medium is on full post-modern display on those LPs, and the band’s post-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproduction knife can be responsible for much of the perspective—the tastiest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emorsels collected, arranged, and rearranged just so.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpontaneous Music Live removes the curatorial perspective and pulls the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecurtain back on that search-pluck-reconstruct editing process. What we’re left \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith is the psychedelic realism of the band in situ, in their home town, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecollectively improvising, fully in-the-moment, mining for that moment of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ediscovery. We hear, in macro, each nugget of sound which could be the basis for a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efuture SML album track, spattered amongst the collective chaos-and-control like stars in the night sky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\n\u003cp\u003estreet date 6\/26\/2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45113052692680,"sku":"634457255685","price":41.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/1337\/2616\/files\/SML-SpontaneousMusicLive.jpg?v=1781046996","url":"https:\/\/1234gorecords.shop\/en-ca\/products\/pre-order-sml-spontaneous-music-live-lp","provider":"1-2-3-4 Go! Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}