Words Move
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Words Move is a 4-track EP by Get Smart!
, released on Syntax Records on December 8, 1981. It was recorded at Ramona Studios in Lawrence, KS and produced by Dave Stuckey, of the Dave and Deke Combo. The track "Eat, Sleep A Go-Go" from this EP was included on the Sub Pop
#5 cassette compilation.
Side 2:
Get Smart! (band)
Get Smart! was a three piece band formed in Lawrence, Kansas in 1980 consisting of Marc Koch, Lisa Wertman Crowe and Frank Loose.-Career:The band formed while at University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS in 1980 and, along with bands like the Embarrassment and the Mortal Micronotz, they were prominent...
, released on Syntax Records on December 8, 1981. It was recorded at Ramona Studios in Lawrence, KS and produced by Dave Stuckey, of the Dave and Deke Combo. The track "Eat, Sleep A Go-Go" from this EP was included on the Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
#5 cassette compilation.
Track listing
Side 1:- "Disillusion" - 2:03
- "Where Did This Week Go?" - 1:55
Side 2:
- "Eat, Sleep A Go-Go" - 2:17
- "This Is Style" - 2:48
Reception
- "Get Smart! is a trio of Kansans with brains and a beat. You may prefer bassist Lisa Wertman's vocals over guitarist Marc Koch's but eventually every stark melody on this EP will wheedle its way into your head (and then move onto your feet). This seven incher also features the same version of GS! smash hit "Eat, Sleep A Go-Go" that you heard on Sub Pop 5" (New York Rocker, June 1982)
- "We're particularly impressed with Words Move, the new four-song EP debut from Get Smart!. Highlights are "Where Did This Week Go?" a song about being dog-tired to a slowed down B-52's beat (or Pylon at its natural speed) and "Eat, Sleep A Go-Go," which is minimal to Cramps proportions with its own unique set of dissonances." (Cary Baker, Illinois Entertainer, 1982)
- "Four-song offering of sparse brains-and-beat music from a Lawrence, KS new-rock trio that already has reaped some praise with independent releases." (Bart Becker, Lincoln Evening Journal, 1982)
- "Twangy, big-beat minimalism with a Dave Byrne-ish singer" (Trouser PressTrouser PressTrouser Press was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow Who fan Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" ...
, 1982) - "Get Smart sports a catchy, beaty minimalism and a modern "lost in a supermarket" viewpoint. A strong debut, more encouraging new music from the Midwest, I'm looking forward to hearing more. Sharp packaging too." (Jim Manion, The Bloomington Free Rider, 1982)