What the American press has to say about SMOKiNG KiLLS


“Simply put, if the Posies are a glass of fine wine, the Disciplines are a shot of whiskey. Top-shelf, of course.” -- American Songwriter

“In other words, Smoking Kills is a better way for your ears to spend 31 minutes than just about any homegrown album that's come down the pike this summer. And it's sure to sound great the rest of the year, too.” -- Huffington Post

“This is power-chord bar rock, and with beers in hand, the crowd loves it.
The wiry frontman is unleashing his inner Iggy Pop, jumping around and off the stage, singing his way to the back of the room, hugging the woman standing next to me.” -- Paste

“In between Big Star reunions, R.E.M. tours and fronting the Posies, Ken Stringfellow re-emerges this spring as part of the rock quartet the Disciplines” -- Billboard

“It's doubtful anyone expected this from the Posies' Ken Stringfellow, stomping garage-rock with vocals aggressive enough to have followed his neighbors Nirvana to a life of unimaginable riches back in 1993 when the Posies were biting the hand that could have fed them with bittersweet power-pop hooks on "Flavor of the Month." -- Blurt

“Stringfellow’s new project, which sounds nothing like Journey, is the kind of left-of-center exotica that’s always attracted a man who’s been known to sport a dress onstage, and over the years has routinely dyed his usually long hair a bright magenta or cherry red” -- Stereophile

“There’s not a bad track on Smoking Kills” -- Big Takeover