Smut is the collaborative project of vocalist Tay Roebuck, guitarist Andrew Min, bassist and synthist Bell Cenower, guitarist and synthist Sam Ruschman and drummer Aidan O’Connor.Originally based in Cincinnati, OH, Smut have conquered national tours withBully, Swirlies, Nothing, and WAVVES since their founding. Now based in Chicago, IL after lineup and genre shifts, the band aligns on an underlying pop mentality. In the winter of 2020 Smut released their tidy 3-song EP ‘Power Fantasy’ on Bayonet Records. Where ‘Power Fantasy’ dips its toe into the experimental, ‘How the Light Felt’ dives head-first into the band’s vast pool of 90s influences–brit-pop, shoegaze, and trip-hop–taking their sound to new heights.