Kendra Smith: Five Ways Of Disappearing 1995

Kendra Smith (born March 14, 1960) is an American musician who was a founding member of The Dream Syndicate, a member of Opal, and later recorded as a solo artist. After one privately pressed

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release with Suspects in 1979, Smith formed The Dream Syndicate in 1981 with Steve Wynn, and went on to record an EP and an album as bassist with the group before leaving in 1983 to join former Rain Parade guitarist David Roback in Rainy Day (she had worked with Roback before, providing backing vocals on the Rain Parade album Emergency Third Rail Power Trip). Rainy Day released an album and a single in 1984 before Roback and Smith became a duo in the psychedelic-tinged band Clay Allison, later Opal.
                                  

Opal only released one record, the Northern Line EP, and one album, Happy Nightmare Baby, before they split up but had recorded enough material for the Early Recordings compilation. Smith left Opal

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during the band's final tour and was replaced by Hope Sandoval, with Opal changing its name to Mazzy Star after the tour. Smith formed a new band, The Guild of Temporal Adventurers, with Jonah Corey and A. Phillip Uberman, who released an eponymous mini-LP in 1992, with Smith playing the pump organ. Her next release would not be until 1995 when the 4AD label issued her debut solo LP, Five Ways of Disappearing, described by Trouser Press as "an impressive — and colorful — achievement".
                                     

Not much is known about her after the solo album came out except according to 4AD she had moved to

the woods of Northern California in the early 1990s, living in a small cabin with no electricity, and returned there after making two appearances to promote the album.
                                            

In 2017, Smith sang vocals on the last track on The Dream Syndicate's reunion album How Did I Find

Myself Here?, her first appearance on a musical recording since 1995, and returned with the Syndicate  for her first live performances since Terrastock 2 in 1998. In 2018, she contributed the song “Moon Boat” to the soundtrack for the film Leave No Trace.
                                

Kendra Smith – Five Ways Of Disappearing
Label: 4AD – CAD 5006 CD
Format:    CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: May 30, 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative,Indie 

TRACKS

                                                                

01. Aurelia   5:59
Drums – M. Ali Gassemi
Lead Guitar – Axis (19)
Synth – A. Phillip Uberman
Vocals, Goblet Drum [Doumbek] – K. Smith
02. Bohemian Zebulon   4:43
Arranged By [Prelude Arranged By] – Smith
Synth – A. Phillip Uberman
Vocals, Organ [Pump Organ], Piano, Percussion – K. Smith
Written-By [Prelude] – Traditional Gregorian
03. Temporarily Lucy   4:40
Bass, Lead Guitar – Kent Stephenson
Drums – M. Ali Gassemi
Vocals, Guitar, Organ [Pump Organ] – K. Smith
04. In Your Head   4:24
Bass – Justin Hobart Brown
Drums – Lazlo Toth
Guitar – A. Phillip Uberman
Guitar [Ghost Guitar] – John McManus
Vocals, Percussion – K. Smith
05. Space Unadorned   5:00
Bass – A. Phillip Uberman
Drums – M. Ali Gassemi
Vocals, Guitar, Organ [Pump Organ], Harmonium – K. Smith
06. Maggots   4:03
Drums – Lazlo Toth
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Bass – K. Smith
07. Drunken Boat   3:46
Bass – Justin Hobart Brown
Drums – M. Ali Gassemi
Lead Guitar – Axis (19)
Vocals, Guitar, Effects [Feedback] – K. Smith
08. Interlude / Dirigible   0:42
Bass [Uncredited] – Justin Hobart Brown
Drums [Uncredited] – Lazlo Toth
Guitar [Uncredited] – A. Phillip Uberman
Piano [Uncredited] – K. Smith
09. Valley Of The Morning Sun   6:24
Bass – Justin Hobart Brown
Drums – Lazlo Toth
Guitar – A. Phillip Uberman
Vocals, Piano – K. Smith
10. Judge Not   3:21
Guitar – Steve Dellay
Guitar [Wah Guitar] – Axis
Vocals, Guitar – K. Smith
11. Get There   5:00
Vocals, Organ [Pump Organ], Percussion – K. Smith
12. Interlude / Saturn    0:38
13. Bold Marauder   5:33
Vocals, Guitar, Organ [Pump Organ] – K. Smith
Written-By – M. Farina, R. Farina

MP3 @ 320 Size: 127 MB
Flac  Size: 318 MB

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