Crossword Smiles - Consequences & Detours

Facts Big Stir Records is extraordinarily pleased to announce the return of Detroit indie pop duo CROSSWORD SMILES with the release of the band's second album CONSEQUENCES & DETOURS. The record – the followup to the 2022 debut PRESSED & IRONED – reunites power pop veterans TOM CURLESS and CHIP SAAM to continue exploring new sonic textures and lyrical landscapes and applying them to the kind of perfect pop-rock song structures and melodies at which they excel. It's a winning combination of inspiration and songcraft that expands on the promise of the first album and delivers a set of instantly memorable and richly detailed pop-rock gems that sound like nothing else coming out of the Midwest in 2025.