you doubt
too much
what's real with no price tag on it
for art or love aren't valid economies

sit down
don't talk
you're on the clock right now
and I could know what's real in this economy

fell down among a lonely sky
to see an endless data mine with no compromise
once I have clicked 1000 times
desire is fully digitised

Played, sung, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow, with:
- Alice Rowan - vocals
- Jack Burgess-Hunt - more guitars
- Jenna Isherwood - violas

ON TOUR NOW in 2023!
February 23: Manchester - The Peer Hat
February 24: Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete’s
February 25: Newcastle - Summerhill Bowling Club
March 2: Wakefield - Establishment Music Hall
March 6: Leeds - Brudenell Social Club
March 9: Derby - Dubrek Studios
March 10: Sheffield - Hatch
March 11: Bolton - The Factory
March 20: Portsmouth - Edge of the Wedge
March 21: Bristol - Crofter’s Rights
March 22: Newport - Le Pub
March 23: Oxford - Port Mahon
March 24: London - The Cavendish Arms
March 25: Leicester - Duffy’s Bar

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CONSUMER

glaring through the glass
we'll find there's no space for dreaming when mystery dies

putting in my time
buying it back
what you learned has enslaved you now

so you're through getting yourself to college

morally obliged
birth-right or blood price
hard to let it go away

buying heaps of debt for cents on the dollar
hard to let it go, afford to let it go
if they could let it go away

strong arms will rough you up
tear out both my eyes
where did you sign?
it's disguised as a hazy compromise
paycheck to paycheck
nickel and dimed
and with with no space left to be organised

so you're through getting yourself to college

funny
you replied, "google it"

Played, sung, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow, with:
- Jack Burgess-Hunt - bass

and parts emailed from:
- Alice Rowan - vocals
- Chrissy Barnacle - vocals
- Jamie Lockhart - vocals
- Emily Ingham - flugelhorns

ON TOUR NOW in 2023!
October 21: Cardiff - SWN Festival
November 1: Brighton - the Prince Albert
November 2: London - New Cross Inn
November 3: Birmingham - the Victoria
November 4: Bristol - the Exchange
November 16: Newcastle - Cumberland Arms
November 17: Glasgow - Glad Cafe
November 22: Salford - the Eagle Inn
November 23: Liverpool - Kazimier Stockroom
November 24: Nottingham - JT Soar
November 25: Leeds - Wharf Chambers

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NO DEBT

All instruments played & recorded by Jeff T. Smith, with:
Tom Evans: French horn on 2, bass on 5, guitar on 7
Katie Harkin: Vocals on 1, 4, & 7, guitar on 5
Jenna Isherwood: Viola on 1, 2, 4, & 5
Pete Mycroft: Trumpet on 2

Recorded at the Bungalow, Left Bank Leeds, Greenmount Studios and Harkin Household
Mixed by Jeff T. Smith and Lee Smith at Greenmount Studios
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

Cover photo by Jenna Isherwood

© 2016 Barely Regal / Kingfisher Bluez

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Body Is Working

Last Few True

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All instruments played & recorded by Jeff T. Smith, with:
Tom Evans: French horn on "Choose", bass on "Trail Mix, pt. 2", guitar on "Last Few True"
Katie Harkin: Vocals on "Declaration of Independence", "I Recollect", and "Last Few True", guitar on "Trail Mix, pt. 2"
Jenna Isherwood: Viola on "Declaration of Independence", "Choose", "I Recollect", and "Trail Mix, pt. 2"
Pete Mycroft: Trumpet on "Choose"

Recorded at the Bungalow, Left Bank Leeds, Greenmount Studios and Harkin Household
Mixed by Jeff T. Smith and Lee Smith at Greenmount Studios
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

Cover photo by Jenna Isherwood
LP layout by Adam Nodwell

© 2016 Barely Regal / Kingfisher Bluez

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Choose

'Last Few True' from 'Body Is Working' LP, remixed by Vessels.
Mastered by Tom Woodhead at Hippocratic Mastering.

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All I Want For Christmas Is You By Mariah Carey b/w Last Few True (Vessels Remix)

Last Few True (Vessels Remix)

'All I Want For Christmas Is You By Mariah Carey' b/w 'Last Few True (Vessels Remix)'
🎄 out 08.12.2017 on digital and 7" vinyl 🎄
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100% of all 7" sales profits will be donated to 1-800-SUICIDE, the Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of BC. Please purchase digtal copies from Bandcamp, but 7" vinyl directly from our Bigcartel store. This will ensure at least 10% extra will go to 1-800-SUICIDE, instead of transaction fees.

'All I Want For Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff originally appeared on the 1994 album "Merry Christmas" (Columbia Records). Reworked by Living Body in August to October 2017.

All instruments played & recorded by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow, with:
Alice Rowan: Lead Vocal
Katie Harkin: BVs

Piano & Fender Rhodes recorded by Jeff T. Smith at Greenmount Studios

Mixed by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow
Mastered by Tom Woodhead at Hippocratic Mastering

'Last Few True' from 'Body Is Working' LP, remixed by Vessels.

© 2017 Kingfisher Bluez / Barely Regal Recordings

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All I Want For Christmas Is You b/w Last Few True (Vessels Remix) 7"

All I Want For Christmas Is You By Mariah Carey

'C.R.E.A.M.' - out NOW on digital & 12" vinyl
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All instruments on this recording played, sung, recorded & mixed by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow.
Mastered by Rob Slater at Greenmount Studios.
Released as part of Long Division Festival's 2018 12" compilation, Long Division: New Addition Vol. 1.

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C.R.E.A.M.

Instruments played, sung, recorded & mixed by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow
More vocals by Alice Rowan

Cover art by Megan Miller at Clementine Studio
Mastered by Stu MacKillop at Rain City

Dedicated to Jeff Bezos, who through his own questionable behaviour has managed to increase his personal wealth by 76 billion US dollars in the first 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released as part of Kingfisher Bluez 2020 Record Store Day compilation, Short Songs, Vol. 2.

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I Do

🎄 100% of Bandcamp sales go to Leeds Survivor-Led Crisis Service >>> https://livingbodylife.bandcamp.com/album/dont-kill-yourself-its-christmas

Dedicated to the 2019 UK 'meaningful vote', Howard Goodall's twitter thread about post-Brexit touring, Michigan, Georgia, all my friends in bands, every DIY promoter I’ve ever met, the feeling of nostalgia for fun/optimism in 2020 and hope for the future where hope seems impossible.

This song was recorded as a mantra to myself. Christmas can be an especially difficult and lonely time for many. These feelings shouldn't be ignored. If you're struggling, please contact:

Samaritans: www.samaritans.org
- Phone (available 24 hours a day): 116 123

CALM: www.thecalmzone.net
- Helpline (5pm-midnight): 0800 58 58 58
- Webchat: www.thecalmzone.net/help/get-help/

MIND: www.mind.org.uk
- Helpline (Christmas hours vary): 0300 123 3393
- Email: info@mind.org.uk
- Text: 86463

Papayrus (for people under 35): www.papyrus-uk.org
- Phone (9am-midnight): 0800 068 4141
- Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
- Text: 07860039967

Instruments played, sung, recorded & mixed by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow

Mastered by Carl Rosamond at RRS Music

Don't kill yourself, it's Christmastime
Leave your worries right on the shelf

Verse 1: (2019)
What's a meaningful vote or a daydream when it feels just like the end
You went shopping for sweets on the busiest streets
Then you're kicked in the teeth with a melancholy

Verse 2: (2020)
Coronavirus, shit is getting real
It's like you don't know how to love
Have you forgotten how to heal?
And you don't know what's real, when it feels just like any other day
It isn't just like the ones you used to know, is it?
With that in mind, then you might achieve it

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Don't Kill Yourself (It's Christmas)

Don't Kill Yourself (it's Christmas)

Living Body is the Leeds-based immigrant-led double-drumming anti-capitalist indie/pop/rock sing-along, whose current live lineup includes includes Jeff T. Smith (f.k.a. juffage), Alice Rowan (Mayshe-Mayshe), Sarah Statham (Crake), Annie Prior (Parker Lee) & Matt Simpson. Other contributors include Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sleater-Kinney, Courtney Barnett) & Tom Evans (Vessels).

Shaped by Smith’s fascination with the contortion of the pop song into a uniquely imaginative and immediate form, his former Midwest-US upbringing and longstanding roots in both US and UK DIY scenes, Living Body infuses timeless melodies warped through an experimental and punk ethos, noise-rock, indie-rock, college-rock, post-rock, shoegaze, Motown.

They have toured extensively throughout the UK, EU and North America including SXSW, Canadian Music Week, Tramlines, Sŵn, Deer Shed, ArcTanGent, Daytrotter and Long Division Festivals. They have received praise from BrooklynVegan, Stereogum, Exclaim!, The Line of Best Fit, Drowned In Sound, the Skinny, For the Rabbits, God Is In The TV and Louder Than War, as well as airplay on BBC 6 Music, Radio 3, Amazing Radio and others.

Following their debut LP "Body Is Working", the group released live-favourite "C.R.E.A.M." (as part of Long Division Festival’s 12″ compilation "New Addition, Vol. 1"), "I Do" (as part of the Kingfisher Bluez 2020 Record Store Day 7″ compilation "Short Songs, Vol. 2") and "Don’t Kill Yourself (It’s Christmas)", a fundraiser for Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service.

In 2023 they returned with an expanded live band, releasing the new single CONSUMER to critical acclaim, including being picked as Track of the Week on BBC Introducing in West Yorkshire. The band also performed as tour support for Owen (Mike Kinsella of American Football), plus one off-shows with Holiday Ghosts and Dolores Forever.

Expanding on the need for music to bring joy into the lives of others in an age of confusion and information overload, Living Body's music expresses the bleak yet positive, immediate yet complex, pessimistic yet hopeful, exhausted yet perseverant state of modern living.

“Living Body are THE most exciting thing happening in the UK music scene” – the Skinny

“Delicate and dramatic indie … they can do high-energy rippers too” – Stereogum

“tsunamis of glee” – The Line of Best Fit

“anthemic” – BrooklynVegan

“The epitome of the modern supergroup” – Louder Than War

“Unique, quirky and beguiling music at its very best and most creative” – NARC Magazine

“Body is Working is a fascinating curio of an album, and quite beautiful in its complexities” – God Is In the TV Zine

“An album that flows beautifully, combining seemingly disparate ideas into a singular and cohesive whole” – For the Rabbits

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