Smiles for Macavity

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Smiles For Macavity
Studio album by Gimp
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Punk
Length	36:32
Producer	Gimp
Tomas Kalnoky chronology
Smiles For Macavity (1995) Rules of the Game (EP) (1996)

Smiles for Macavity is a 1995 album by Gimp. The tape was only circulated in a concentrated part of Keasbey, New Jersey, and is of very low quality, but the tracks can be found on the internet. As of August 30th, 2007, a tribute album is in the works. Various underground artists will each cover a song off the album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Only Other Way" – 2:51
2. "Humming on Tables" – 2:48
3. "Mrs. Butterworth's Indestructible Bombshelter" – 4:00
4. "Keep It To Yourself" – 3:34
5. "Tunalips" – 3:34
6. "Magnolium" – 1:55
7. "Searching For Norman Underwood" – 2:39
8. "Untitled" – 1:46
9. "Over Again" – 2:08
10. "Happier Days" – 3:18
11. "Supernothing" – 5:41
    • Covered by Catch 22 in their debut album Keasbey Nights (1998)
    • Remade by Streetlight Manifesto on their 2006 remake of Keasbey Nights
    • Features Tomas Kalnoky's brother, Achilles, on violin
12. "One Tin Soldier" – 2:19
    • Cover of the song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter in 1969

Link to download entire album: [1]

[edit] Miscellaneous

The singing on the songs is often very hard to understand, fans have written up Lyrics pages and have had to put in "(?)" Where they just feel it's impossible to understand the young Kalnoky.