After a debut EP in 2022, SMILE released their debut album Price Of Progress via Siluh Records and deftly proved that post-punk can still sound refreshing in 2023. The 5-piece from Cologne remain experimental, stubborn, narrative, catchy, rough and cuddly. The subtle, poetic observations of American singer Rubee True Fegan merge with the sound of a band that producer Olaf Opal has put exactly where it belongs: on the starting block of innovative, clever and sensual guitar music.