What a weekend – April 27th saw the release of our debut full-length vinyl “Ripe Fruit” – and the big release show party at the Empty Bottle was fabulous! Shows both the day before and after were successes as well, it was great to see so many smiling faces, both new and old. Thanks to [...]
Friday, April 27th, Empty Bottle, Chicago – FREE w/ RSVP!* Please join us during this marvelous Friday night release party for our debut full length LP, “Ripe Fruit”: Send an email to rsvp@emptybottle.com and put “Stephen Paul Smoker” in the subject line, and your first and last name in the message. You’ll receive an “all [...]
Last week, we completed our first tour with our new best friend and van, White Chocolate. Cause the ride is just as smooth as! In Lafayette there was initial confusion, which gave way to a great night anyway. We stayed in the unfortunately named “Poon Cocoon” above The Black Sparrow, which was much nicer (and [...]
Well, it continues to be busy times for us Boys and Girls here at SPS Enterprises. So much has been happening since we last spoke… Firstly, if you haven’t yet, take a listen to our new single, Green City! Now, on with it: Back in September, we officially parted ways with the ever-graceful Paul Roots [...]
:::NOTE – I found this unpublished blog post floating around the back alleys of SPSland, probably from back in May. I still remember this story so vividly, so I thought I would at long last share it with you…Enjoy! [love, evan]::: Amongst the Ween, Chris Issak, Erykah Badu, and other artists we listen to on [...]
It’s been a busy summer. So busy that it’s now winter and our last post was from that great food truck festival put on by the empty bottle. Remember that? It was such a beautiful summer day in Chicago. We’ve been busy both finishing up our record and performing. There’s some great photos from stephen [...]
A big thank you to Timeout Chicago and Empty Bottle for having us perform at the Food Truck Social this past Saturday. Special thanks to Humming Bird Kitchen for hooking us up with some excellent tuna sandwiches! The Ommegang was plentiful, delicious, and helped us enjoy an already wonderful summer night. If you saw us [...]
Hello friends! It’s great to be back in Chicago from our recent adventures on the road with the Ornery Little Darlings. On our way to New York we had some times playing DIY spots in Grand Rapids (Mexicains Sans Frontieres) and West Philadelphia (Danger Danger). And then, Buschwick, Brooklyn. We shook up the House of Yes and Goodbye [...]
Thanks to all who came to support us this Saturday! We had a fundraising BBQ for our tour to NY (which starts 8/11) with the Ornery Little Darlings. This is going to be fun! Please enjoy the photos taken by Jon Kostal. See ya in Brooklyn, Ripe Fruit Tweet
We’ve been hard at work this summer recording our first full length record. This is very exciting for us! We had a great experience recording songs for our Neon Green 7″ with Benjamin Balcom over at Minbal, but decided we should do this one for ourselves. Armed with Protools and an everlasting pool of ideas we [...]
