Smiling Politely

Formed:
2004 in Minnesota, USA



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. 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. Also Telly’s top award the Silver Telly for a music video. From there Smiling Politely released one more EP (Between Angels and Demons) before the release of their current full length album “Behind the Mask.” In 2008 a few tracks appeared in the movie and soundtrack for Heart of the City. Smiling Politely is now back in the studio working on the much anticipated Sophomore follow-up due out spring of 2011.