22 Dec 2023
Chicago’s Smoking Popes release a surprise live album, featuring select tracks from the hometown stop of their recent Midwest Simmerfest 2 tour. Nine tracks (but actually eleven songs, including two covers) from their stop at The Bottom Lounge on 01 Dec 2022.
Take a look a the new tour poster below and, underneath, the Midwest Simmer Fest 2 poster. The Popes will also be on the west coast heading inland for a tour in January. Find the tour poster with those dates underneath the stream., and visit the Smoking Popes official website for ticket links and more.
Bandcamp (name-your-price digital DL)
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.
