I Like This Song - Smokey Mirror's "Killin' Floor"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Having made its debut this past Thursday via Smokey Mirror's self-titled EP, today's featured song "Killin' Floor" couldn't be much hotter off the press 

And now I'm going to take a short moment to admire Smokey Mirror's album artwork ... 

Holy PB&J Batman! Somebody's magic with ink:

Image via Smokey Mirror's Bandcamp Page

Btw Smokey Mirror plays the Boiled Owl tomorrow night w/ local haze champions Fogg. To round out the bill, Colorado's Cloud Catcher journeys to D/FW for the first time. Show starts at 9pm, full event details posted here.

After zero deliberation, our board of directors (okay, so it's just me) unanimously voted to approve this song. The subsequent press release shall soon be circulated to local and national media outlets. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

FORT WORTH NOISE LIKES A SONG

Fort Worth, Texas - March 13, 2017 - Dallas band Smokey Mirror recently wrote, recorded and released a kick ass rock 'n' roll song. Tomorrow night the band plays a show in Fort Worth at The Boiled Owl Tavern.

Pseudo local music writer Prewitt Scott-Jackson likes songs for a living. Here are his thoughts on the song:

"I like this song," Scott-Jackson quipped. 

And??

"And nothing. I like this song."

For more info on this story contact: Prewitt Scott-Jackson - fortworthnoise@gmail.com - Tarrant County Jail (most likely) - 350 W Belknap St., Fort Worth, TX 76102 - +1 817.FWN.RULZ

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Image via Smokey Mirror's Facebook Page

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Show Poster of the Week - Terminus (AR), Summit, Smokey Mirror, The Good Kind Of Mushroom, Acid Carousel at Lola's

Once a week FWN features a show poster from the Fort.

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This week's featured show poster summons the visage of Edward the Confessor to promote a delectable serving of stoner party-psych doom in the form of Terminus (AR), The Good Kind of Mushroom, Acid Carousel, Summit, & Smokey Mirror tomorrow night, Tuesday, Jan. 10th at Lola's Saloon. The show starts at 8:30pm, event details posted here.

Julian Cedillo, guitarist for The Good Kind of Mushroom, assembled this sublime scene of antiquity vs. modernity (looking back in our 'Show Poster' series, this is now a third time we have chosen a poster that plays in this space).

In Cedillo's image, this unceasing conflict jumps out at you: a portrayal of 11th century King of England Edward the Confessor waving his hand - as if to offer up the night's list of performances - amidst a backdrop of '70s paisley wallpaper and psychedelic hourglass sand stamped with vinyl record typeface instructing its patrons to "Bring Your Homies!"

Throw in the buccaneering 18th century vintage skull & crossbones and you have iconography from four different eras concurrently on display. Speaking of, every time I look upon it, my eyes sink like pirate ships in some Caribbean bay, struggling to make sense of the ravishing mayhem set before me.

Side bonus: Edward the Confessor, unlike most saints, did not achieve sainthood via martyrdom. We all know martyrdom makes for the best heroes but if you can manage sainthood without dying to do so?? Well shit, idk, seems like the ultimate life hack if you ask me.   

A life hack is exactly what this strong hallucinatory lineup provides on what is otherwise not considered a likely night for crazy good rock shows; it's Tuesday party time y'all!

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”