Chicago's the Smith Westerns are a band looking for some teenage kicks with their home-brewed mixture of garage, glam, and punk, and they come by their youthful energy honestly -- none of the group members were old enough to buy a beer when they released their first album. The Smith Westerns were formed in 2007 by Max Kakacek and Cullen Omori, who at the time were students at Chicago's Northside College Preparatory School; the two had been turned on to '60s garage rock through compilations like Nuggets and Back from the Grave, and they decided it was music they could play without knowing too much about technique. As Kakacek and Omori began learning to play guitars, they drafted Cameron Omori, Cullen's brother, to play bass, and with the three members taking turns on drums, the Smith Westerns were born. Within a year, the band was steady enough to be booked into some of Chicago's better rock clubs, including Schuba's and the Empty Bottle, while also playing lots of house parties on the side, which helped win them a loyal local following. In 2008, the Smith Westerns finally found a full-time drummer, Hal James, and local independent label HoZac Records (originally an offshoot of the punk ‘zine Horizontal Action) released their first 7", a three-song single featuring the tunes "Irukandji," "Crabman," and "Spiritus Sanctus." The single promptly sold out its first two pressings, and in June 2009, HoZac brought out the Smith Westerns' self-titled debut album (initially a vinyl-only release), which found the band indulging a taste for '70s glam rock along with their punk and garage influences. The band was also touring steadily by this time, including a road trip with Nobunny in which the Smith Westerns opened the show and then reappeared as Nobunny's backing group. In 2010, the Smith Westerns released a split single on Fat Possum with the Magic Kids that featured some of their most polished music to date, and the band pledged to keep making music while several of the members also attend college.
基本资料
外文名：Smith Westerns
国籍：美国
出生地：美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥
成员：卡伦·大森 、卡梅隆·大森 、马克斯·卡卡塞克 、朱利安 ·埃利希 、哈尔·詹姆斯
团体人数：5
活跃年代：2007–2014
演艺经历
史密斯西部人 (Smith Westerns)是一支来自美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥的美国独立摇滚乐队，由兄弟卡伦·大森 (Cullen Omori) 和卡梅伦·大森 (Cameron Omori)、马克斯·卡卡切克 (Max Kakacek)、朱利安·埃利希 (Julien Ehrlich) 和哈尔·詹姆斯 (Hal James) 组成。他们的音乐受到大卫·鲍伊 (David Bowie)、T. Rex和绿洲乐队 (Oasis) 的影响。
他们的首张同名专辑于 2009 年 6 月 5 日由HoZac Records发行。专辑的大部分内容是整个冬天和早春在 Max Kakacek 的地下室录制的。
2010年 11 月 4 日，他们发布了一首新单曲“Weekend”，该单曲来自他们的专辑《Dye It Blonde》
该专辑于 2011 年 1 月 18 日发行。
乐队于 2013 年 3 月 5 日签约Mom + Pop Music 。专辑的第一首单曲“Varsity”于 2013 年 3 月 6 日发行。乐队并于 2013 年 6 月 25 日发行了Soft Will ，这是他们 2011 年 LP Dye It Blonde的后续作品。专辑一经发布便获得了大部分好评。
2014年 12 月 13 日，乐队宣布将无限期休息。他们后来证实他们将永久解散。解散后，卡伦·大森 (Cullen Omori)开始了单飞生涯，签约了Sub Pop 唱片公司，而马克斯·卡卡切克 (Max Kakacek ) 、朱利安·埃利希 (Julien Ehrlich ) 和巡演键盘手齐亚德·阿斯拉尔 (Ziyad Asrar) 组建了惠特尼 (Whitney)乐队。