Get Smart! (band) - Reception

Reception

  • "one of the few seriously innovative bands in the Lawrence-Kansas City-Topeka area" (Blake Gumprecht, University Daily Kansan, 1980-12-15
  • "original, simple, clean material and an energized, tight performance" (Karen Barber, KLZR 106, 1981-06-20)
  • "their music has a beat and a fundamentally aggressive quality that is extremely satisfying" (John Korst, Jet Lag, Feb 1983)
  • "This is what happened to Midwestern bar bands when they heard the Sex Pistols. Lots of beat and jangle; it's raw and rocking" (Barbara Nellis, Playboy, March 1985)
  • "the band has a truly impressive knack for three-piece writing and arranging. Their new LP, Swimming With Sharks, is full of tense, carefully crafted minatures that meld unvarnished noise with unexpected pretty vocal harmonies" (Renaldo Migaldi, Chicago Reader, 1986)
  • "Dense minimalist rock featuring choppy guitars, a tight rhythmic thrust, and passionate, often eerie vocals, with stream-of-consciousness lyrics" (Jeff Silberman, Rock It, Fall 1986)
  • "Get Smart! has emerged as one of Chicago's most respected (and nationally renowned) underground bands" (Moira McCormick, Illinois Entertainer, September 1986)
  • "Warm pop melodicism competes with punky bluntness and jagged noise tendencies" (Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, 1986)

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