Smiling Politely

Hailing from Minnesota and comprising members Eric Tracey (vocals, guitar), Brian Harper (bass), Jeff Hedrix (guitar, vocals) and Paul Tuschy (drums, vocals), Smiling Politely embraces a brand of hard rock mostly associated with the post-grunge era of alternative music, complete with crunchy distortion and melodic textures. The band emerged in 2004 as Smiling Politely (a name taken from an episode of the popular television show “The Simpsons”) and released their debut EP, Screamelody.

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From that the band was honored by the Telly Awards for their music video “Killing Me” with 3 high honors: 2 Bronze Telly’s one for cinematography and one for video editing, along with Telly’s top award for a music video - the Silver Telly. From there Smiling Politely released one more EP (Between Angels and Demons) before the release of their first full length album Behind the Mask. In 2008 a few Smiling Politely tracks appeared in the movie and soundtrack for Heart of the City, and in 2010 the band was prominently featured in Thunderstruck 9 (an extreme snow mobile movie). Smiling Politely is currently on tour supporting their 2nd full length album Through the Darkness.