Accumulation: None

Singles, radio sessions, and previously unreleased material. All of which have never been released on compact disc before now. Ten of the twelve songs appeared on 7" vinyl. Six of the twelve songs have never been released in the United States. Two of the songs were broadcast on the radio, then released as b-sides. And one completely new (Smog) song never before heard. Old songs and new flow together, creating a composite viewpoint that accumulated over ten years of time.

I'd bet you my syringe-shaped locket that Bill "(Smog)" Callahan read Camus' The Stranger at an impressionable age. Dozens ...

Besides Pavement, (Smog) is one of the indie rock acts most overdue for a B-sides collection -- it seems that Bill Callahan always saves at least one or two of his best songs for his singles and EPs, some of which are surprisingly hard to find even for die-hard fans.