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Nominated for The Deli Magazine | Best of Chicago Emerging Arists of 2010 Tweet

"Everything about Stephen Paul Smoker is interesting; from his name to his approach in life and certainly his music.... [he] drips the essence of authenticity..." - [ read more ]

"It was the one thing I didn’t anticipate." – Audrey Leon for LoudLoop Press

Album of the Month, April 2012 – “meditative and psychedelic” [Read More] Tweet

"a blend of somber psychedelia and dreamy pop" - Chicagoist

"Smoker's music is a soothing pulsating 'Violent Sun/Violent Fun'" - Star Beat Music

“The album [Ripe Fruit] ends…leaving us miles away from where we started” [Read More] Tweet

"Dark and groovy"- Loud Loop Press

"Chicago psych-fuzz act Stephen Paul Smoker has put its forthcoming Neon Green / No You No Me 7″ up for pre-order" - Chicago Verse United [Read [ read more ]

Making music, fixing bicycles, chilling with bums, moving forward and living life with Stephen Paul Smoker. - UR Chicago Interview [Read More]

"Violent Sun/Violent Fun is quite a hypnotic and psychedelic ride." - Ride The Tempo

"Hypnotic & Lulling" - Alyssa Meza / UR Chicago

"Their live show at the hideout last fall blew the glitter off my toes" - dialecstatic

Can you feel the anticipation? Chicago’s very own proggy psych-rockers Stephen Paul Smoker are set to release its debut LP, Ripe Fruit, in mid-March. We previewed [ read more ]

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Making music, fixing bicycles, chilling with bums, moving forward and living life with Stephen Paul Smoker.
By UR Chicago – Alyssa Meza – Sep. 4th, 2010

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