S.M. Wolf

Jurassic Pop + In Store Recordings

S.M. Wolf began as a tribute to the 2013 Spring Equinox. Adam Gross, former front man for Indianapolis group Amo Joy, was approached by a friend who was organizing a cassette compilation celebrating the equinox with spontaneous, one time bands. Accepting the challenge Adam holed up in the tiniest bedroom in Indianapolis and wrote and recorded seven songs on a 4-track reel-to-reel in one week’s time playing all the instruments himself, recording over an old Bee Gees tape. After the cassette’s release, S.M. Wolf began to get several show offers. Initially meant as a one time recording project, it was clear that S.M. Wolf had more steam in them.

Enlisting former Amo Joy band mates Ben Leslie (bass) and James Furness (drums) and former Raw McCartney band member Rachel Enneking (keys), S.M. Wolf began to play several local shows attracting the attention of NUVO, the Indianapolis Star and In Store Recordings’ Derek Vorndran. Derek offered to release the original tape on a 7″ and the band obliged. Shortly after this, in the fall of 2013 James Furness left Indianapolis, and in the search for a new drummer the band found Melanie Rau (Adam’s wife).

The band spent the next year touring regionally and along the East Coast before releasing Canine Country Club in February 2015 with another Indianapolis imprint, Jurassic Pop Records (Pfarmers, Varsity). In the meantime, Adam started work what would be S.M. Wolf’s debut full-length, Neon Debris. With the band in transition, Adam returned to the same tiny bedroom, recording all of the instruments himself (except trumpet and percussion which were played by the remaining band members, Ben, Melanie and Rachel respectively) on an 8-track reel-to-reel.

Neon Debris gets its time to shine when Jurassic Pop and In Store Recordings co-release the album on November 13, 2015. With an infectious twee reminiscent of the Elephant 6 collective and a youthful punk spirit, Neon Debris keeps you on your toes from start to finish.