Knock Knock

Featuring string quartet and a children's choir, just like "The Wall." We don't need no stinkin' education, just the new Smog album (and our front teeth back). " Smog's seventh full-length album Knock Knock proves to be singer/songwriter Bill Callahan's subtlest collection of songs yet. Indeed, one of the album's greatest accomplishments is its gently optimistic tone; if his other albums made a deadpan joke out of misery, on this album Callahan delivers the punchlines with traces of a grin. It's a moving album on many levels; not only do the songs have Smog's usual emotional intimacy, their subjects move away from difficult, claustrophobic situations toward maturity and acceptance." -- Heather Phares, All Music Guide