28th May 2020: Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens In Common 2 available now + latest press includes features from Stereogum & Jazziz + review from Glide Magazine

In Common 2, the latest release from Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens, was released on Whirlwind Recordings on May 15th. The duo first collaborated in 2017 for the first In Common. In Common 2’ explores the same parameters, adjusting the personnel to produce an intriguingly different but equally dynamic album. “We loved the way it turned out” says Smith “We had the opportunity to do something different together: what I like to call ‘One Page Songs’ – simple forms, so that we can just show up and get to the music quicker”.

See the extracts below from recent press reaction to In Common 2.

“At once free and highlight structured, melodically accessible yet thoroughly contemporary, mostly pensive in tone and textured rather simply and beautifully”

Glide Magazine (full review)

“On this release, Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens keep things fresh with a new top lineup”

Jazziz Magazine (full feature)

“Short, simple forms that focus on melodic immediacy, allowing the band to stretch out in interesting ways”

Stereogum (full feature)

In Common 2 is available for streaming on all platforms, and on 12” LP (White Vinyl) 180g Limited Edition • CD • DL: here.