Above: The Smashing Times hangin' deep with Amelia Fletcher of Swansea Sound, Coventry, England, Dec. 1, 2024.
At this ver moment The Smashing Times are touring about on the other side of the pond. Sunday evening they played Coventry, England with Swansea Sound (see above photographic evidence). Tonight The Smashing Times are in Bristol; this weekend they head to Paris, France and points beyond.
This flurry of in-person live-in-other-realms activity celebrates The Smashing Times' new album Mrs Ladyships and the Cleanerhouse Boys [PRNL055/KLP297], available wherever high quality sounds are found (including The K Mail Order Dept.)
While making the Coventry scene Swansea Sound shared their new Christmas single "(I Wanna Wear A) Mirrored Hat Like Slade", including an example of just such a chapeau. Of course, The Smashing Times personnel HAD to give it a go. See photogs below of various members striking a pose with the toque in question.
One may get down with Swansea Sound's new holiday anthem "(I Wanna Wear A) Mirrored Hat Like Slade" at their Bandcamp site. The Smashing Times will be returning to the United States of America in time to celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Above: assorted members of The Smashing Times donning Swansea Sound's mirrored crown.