Chicago-based quintet Smut are crashing back into the spotlight with their explosive new album Tomorrow Comes Crashing, out June 27 via Bayonet Records. After earning critical acclaim for their lush, emotionally-charged debut How the Light Felt, the band levels up with a darker, heavier, and more volatile follow-up that channels raw intensity through shimmering guitar work and fierce lyricism.
Led by the introspective fire of vocalist Tay Roebuck, with guitarists Andie Min and Sam Ruschman, bassist John Steiner, and drummer Aidan O’Connor, Smut’s sonic evolution reflects their lived reality—navigating precarity, burnout, and boundary-pushing creativity. Their time in the Cincinnati DIY scene shaped them, but it’s in Tomorrow Comes Crashing where their sound reaches full throttle: think Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge fury colliding with Loveless-era atmospherics.
The album’s standouts—“Syd Sweeney,” “Dead Air,” and “Touch & Go”—are adrenaline-laced and emotionally raw, capturing the disillusionment of modern existence without sacrificing melody or atmosphere. Recorded in just ten grueling days in Red Hook, Brooklyn with producer Aron Kobayashi Ritch (Momma), the process was pure grit—long days, borrowed floors to crash on, and Roebuck literally singing herself hoarse.
But it paid off. Tomorrow Comes Crashing is not just an album—it’s a document of resilience, rage, and beauty forged in the fire of the DIY ethos. Smut has made their boldest statement yet—and it hits like a wave of catharsis. Watch below and let us know your thoughts!
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