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Good Willsmith

Genre: Rock, Experimental, Experimental Rock, Structured Improvisation, Noise-Rock, Experimental Ambient, Post-Rock
Origin: U.S.A
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Biography

Good Willsmith formed as an experimental trio in Chicago with Doug Kaplan, Maxwell Allison, and Natalie Chami at its core. Their approach centers on free-flowing improvisation that layers guitars, electronics, looping devices, and vocals into a playful yet occasionally intense sonic mass, pulling from ambient, noise, psychedelia, and a wide range of additional sources.

The three musicians began playing together in early 2012, coinciding with the moment Kaplan and Allison—both also members of the post-rock outfit the Big Ship—launched Hausu Mountain. That imprint put out cassettes and CD-Rs by Good Willsmith and the Big Ship alike, along with the solo work of each member: Kaplan under the name MrDougDoug, Allison as Mukqs, and Chami as TALsounds. Repeated releases paired with steady live performances, among them bills shared with Negativland, Wolf Eyes, Mark McGuire, and many others, brought the group growing recognition while Hausu Mountain itself rose to prominence as one of the more talked-about experimental imprints.

Good Willsmith reached vinyl for the first time in 2014 via the Mexican label Umor Rex, which released The Honeymoon Workbook. After returning to Hausu Mountain and the cassette format for 2015’s Snake Person Generation, the trio delivered its second Umor Rex LP, Things Our Bodies Used to Have, in 2016. Exit Future Heart, a joint project with Takako Minekawa and Dustin Wong, came out in 2018, followed in 2021 by HausLive 2, captured at Chicago’s Sleeping Village.

Top Songs

  1. The Honeymoon WorkbookNow ~ Shower Put On All BlackThe Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook6:06
  2. The Honeymoon Workbook& My Body To BreathThe Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook8:05
  3. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveThese Kids Aren't Lovin' ItThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have2:01
  4. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveA Disease You've Probably Never Heard Of Is Killing KidsThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have2:48
  5. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveNot Your KidsThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have6:59
  6. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveBut Someone Else's KidsThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have2:58
  7. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveThese Kids Aren't AlrightThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have4:26
  8. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveWhat Goes In The Ocean Goes In YouThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have8:25
  9. Things Our Bodies Used To HaveWhales Sing Great Melodies With Fantastic LyricsThings Our Bodies Used To Have · 2016Things Our Bodies Used To Have8:20
  10. The Honeymoon WorkbookIf Anything Happens To Me, My Password Is Lady LassThe Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook6:57
  11. The Honeymoon WorkbookTaking Too Long To TextThe Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook6:04
  12. The Honeymoon Workbook25 Almost 26 & 27 28 29 30The Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook3:07
  13. The Honeymoon WorkbookWhat You Think Is Crazy Isn'tThe Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook5:12
  14. HausLive 2: Good Willsmith at Sleeping Village, 4/25/2019Dolphin > (Live)HausLive 2: Good Willsmith at Sleeping Village, 4/25/2019 · 2021HausLive 2: Good Willsmith at Sleeping Village, 4/25/20197:56
  15. The Honeymoon WorkbookI Told You To Get Up And It Just HappenedThe Honeymoon Workbook · 2014The Honeymoon Workbook5:37
  16. Foods Is What We Believe In,Foods Is What We Believe In,Foods Is What We Believe In, · 2012Foods Is What We Believe In,55:52
  17. Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly33 Ideas of wildness and mental images of uncontrollable animalsIs The Food Your Family Eats Slowly · 2012Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly6:58
  18. Is The Food Your Family Eats SlowlyWisdom and Dead People in DreamsIs The Food Your Family Eats Slowly · 2012Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly8:33
  19. Is The Food Your Family Eats SlowlyContinually suffer from watching your garden be destroyed.Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly · 2012Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly9:22
  20. Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowlydamaging your teeth every night, over and over.Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly · 2012Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly5:29

Albums

Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly

Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly

2012
Is The Food Your Family Eats Slowly
Good Willsmith · Album · 2012
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  1. 33 Ideas of wildness and mental images of uncontrollable animalsGood Willsmith6:58
  2. Wisdom and Dead People in DreamsGood Willsmith8:33
  3. Continually suffer from watching your garden be destroyed.Good Willsmith9:22
  4. damaging your teeth every night, over and over.Good Willsmith5:29
  5. We are 100% committed to you and are willing to do everything in our powerGood Willsmith12:26
  6. Is The Food Your Family Eats SlowlyGood Willsmith5:16