Stuffy Shmitt’s long-awaited, critically acclaimed new album, Stuff Happens, is out today! The record is available on vinyl and CD (link below), and is streaming on all of your favorite platforms.
Stuff Happens was produced by Chris Tench and co-produced by Stuffy & Brett Ryan Stewart, with Parker Hawkins on bass, Dave Colella on drums, and guest appearances from Aaron Lee Tasjan & Brian Wright on lead guitar.
Here’s what the music press is saying…
“A Harrowing vignette. … Grapples with a universal truth that evolution has not yet alleviated.” – American Songwriter
“If you’re looking for a moment of catharsis … look no further.” – Cowboys & Indians Magazine
“Like The Replacements and The Hold Steady, Shmitt can wave any rock banner he wants. This ageless rocker holds nothing back with lyrically scalding vocals and tough guitar solos and riffs.” – Glide Magazine
“Stuffy channels Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and even a little Mountain Goats. Easy going… and extremely dark.” – Punk News
“Lyrical poetry. The verses are a disorienting swirl of imagery—fast cars, drinks, baseball—it feels like a patchwork of America over the past decades. There’s a timeless feel to it, like it’s an artifact from a time gone by, but at the same time being contemporaneously relevant. It’s quite a feat.” – York Calling
“A madcap tour through the folds of Shmitt’s charmingly off-kilter brain, Stuff Happens runs the full spectrum of manic depression in glorious stereophonic sound.” – Nashville.com
“Raw, heart-crushing, gorgeously written and produced.” – Viral Sound