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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | December 27–31, 1994 | |||
| Studio | Idful (Chicago) | |||
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| Length | 31:10 | |||
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| Producer | Casey Rice | |||
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Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On, and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over,[2] more commonly known as Shmap'n Shmazz,[a] is the only full-length studio album by the American emo band Cap'n Jazz. It was released in 1995 on the record label Man With Gun. Cap'n Jazz's lineup at the time of recording comprised Tim Kinsella on lead vocals, Davey von Bohlen and Victor Villarreal on guitar, Sam Zurick on bass guitar, and Mike Kinsella on drums.
The band formed in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where the members had met as teenagers at Wheeling High School. Influenced by the Midwestern punk scene, the band developed an idiosyncratic sound characterized by enigmatic wordplay, chaotic guitar melodies, and vocals presented in a naïve art style, with Tim alternating between spoken word, singing, and shouting.
Cap'n Jazz broke up shortly after the album's release due to Villarreal suffering a non-lethal drug overdose during a tour. The album eventually went out of print for many years as the band members pursued other musical endeavors. When many of the band members' new projects gained attention in subsequent years, the success of their bands helped the album obtain a cult following.
Shmap'n Shmazz is regarded as a foundational album of Midwest emo and a milestone in the genre, helping emo become a more widely accepted subset of indie rock. All of the album tracks were re-released on the band's anthology album Analphabetapolothology, and Cap'n Jazz reunited in 2010 and 2017 to perform tracks from the album.
- ^ Minsker 2018.
- ^ a b Cohen 2018.
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