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£24.99 – Dinked Edition #418
- Yellow marble vinyl *
- Alternative artwork sleeve *
- Printed inner sleeve
- A2 fold out poster *
- Machine-numbered edition *
- Limited pressing of 1500 *
*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition
£22.99 – Transparent LP
£21.99 – Black LP
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Some artists don’t ask permission; they just land in your gut and stay there. Some records arrive polished and pristine. Others bleed the moment you press play. On their debut album ‘Put A Smile On For Me’, the fast-rising London four-piece Keo choose the latter. Raw, bruised, and unflinchingly self-aware, their first full-length release captures the emotional fallout of love, guilt, shame, and self-destruction with a clarity that feels almost confrontational. The record captures a band documenting themselves in real time, preserving every fracture, ugly thought and moment of collapse without compromise.
Blending grunge intensity, shoegaze textures and confessional songwriting, the record draws on the charged candour of artists including Led Zeppelin, Sun Kil Moon and Smashing Pumpkins, while carrying the lyrical directness and storytelling instinct of artists like Radiohead. Across its 11 tracks, Keo move between moments of towering vulnerability and total collapse, pairing brooding atmospheres with melodies that feel built to be screamed back in over-spilling rooms.
“The next big guitar band.” – The London Standard
“A sound that has given UK guitar its biggest kick up the fretboard in years.” Rolling Stone UK
“Keo are already that band.” – DORK
“There’s something undeniably compelling about Keo’s willingness to lay everything bare.” -Kerrang!
“Indie-rock’s most promising new proposition” – DIY
The Dinked Edition of ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ comes in an exclusive collector’s format featuring alternative artwork and a limited yellow marbled vinyl pressing. It includes a heavyweight outer sleeve with alternate artwork, a printed inner sleeve, transparent outer sticker and exclusive fold-out poster.
| Side A
Be Happy That’s Me Fly Best I Can Do Thorn Bird On The Wire |
Side B
Pistol Loser Black Dress Blue Song Spent On You |
