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Ice Age

from Smashface by The Hitmen

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    “Smashface mixes an eclectic batch of influences into an infectious set of songs that will alternatively have you shaking your head and singing along. Guitarist/songwriter Joe Leonard is the driving force here – his bottomless bag of guitar tones and techniques alludes to everybody from Andy Gill and Will Sergeant to Jimmy Nolan and Eddie Van Halen, sometimes all at once, and his colorful synth excursions further fill out the bands varied sound. Singer/songwriter Mark Palmer manages to keep up with solid rhythm guitar chops and an endearingly nerdy voice that sits comfortably amid the melodic chaos. Echoes of power pop (“Medicine Hat,” “Perfect Pain,” “Ice Age”), soulful balladry (“This Must Be the Place”), funk (“Cold War”), saloon crooning (“My Love Ran Out”) and, er, heavy metal/ska/psych/pop (“Thrasher’s Corner”) keep the record eclectic, but the band’s consistent writing and appealing personality tie everything together with common threads. Spin Smashface and become the first member of the new cult of the Hitmen.” Michael Toland – The Big Takeover

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about

Mark Palmer (vocals) said, "I talked to Jon Auer at a Big Star gig at the Fillmore in SF a few years ago. He told me that Ice Age had been whirling through his head for months. A song with staying power I think."

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from Smashface, track released October 31, 2010
Ice Age Choir: Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, Keith Livingston, Jimm Mciver, and Mark, also Casey Allen, Tony Driscoll, Todd Davis and the Guy from Handful of Dust.
Recorded at TDS Productions, January 1990.
Remasterd by Tom Dyer at TDS Productions 2010.

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The Hitmen Seattle, Washington

The Hitmen were no-hit wonders; they were obscure in 1990 and totally forgotten by 2010. None of that dilutes the magnificence of SMASHFACE. Its brilliance lies in its artful precision as well as its raw eclecticism. This is the evidence and you are the witnesses: The Hitmen had their shining moment and made their one great record. ... more

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