Every song in this record is just great. I recommend!

Smith Westerns haven’t conquered the world yet, but they’re set to release their second album before most bands have even settled on quitting their day jobs to pursue the whole music thing. Dye It Blonde, which drops on January 11 on new label Fat Possum (switched over from Chicago-based HoZac), steps away from the scratchy haze of their self-titled debut for a lusher Britpop-influenced sound—as frontman Cullen Omori told Pitchfork, “We had more time to kind of think about what we want to make, and we also discovered a lot more music and therefore had better options as to where we could go with it.” Lead single “Weekend” brims with slacker romanticism as Omori flirts behind a wah-wah sweet sounding guitar line, and the dreamy “Imagine Pt. 3″ is lifted from last year’s Fat Possum-released split with Magic Kids. Better enjoy them now while you can; to paraphrase Jalen Rose, once they’re 21 and able to legally drink, it’s all over. ~ Prefix Magazine