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The Smith Street Band
The Smith Street Band formed in Melbourne in 2008 with Wil Wagner as the frontman. They started playing local venues around the city, building their sound...
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Big Smoke
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Dirty Water
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Don't Waste Your Anger
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Suffer
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25
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Birthdays
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Death To The Lads
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Forrest
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Heaven Eleven
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I Ain't Safe
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It Kills Me To Have To Be Alive
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Losing It
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Passiona
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Profiteering
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Run Into The World
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Sigourney Weaver
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The Smith Street Band formed in Melbourne in 2008 with Wil Wagner as the frontman. They started playing local venues around the city, building their sound from the ground up. Their 2012 album 'Don't Waste Your Time' got them wider attention, and they followed it with records like 'Throw Me In The River' in 2014 and 'More Scared of You Than You Are of Me' in 2019.
Wagner's writing gives the band its character. Songs like 'Sigourney Weaver' and '25' have a direct, conversational quality that feels like someone working things out in real time. The music pulls from folk and punk without settling neatly into either category.
They've kept at it without much fanfare, putting out albums every few years and playing shows. The work speaks for itself, there's an unvarnished quality to tracks like 'I Ain't Safe' or 'Big Smoke' that doesn't need extra polish.
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