When last we spoke with Smoking Popes frontman Josh Caterer toward the end of 2024, the band were in the midst of what would ultimately be one of their busiest touring years in over a decade (and maybe closer to two). We spoke mostly about the unique re-recording of the band’s seminal 1994/1995 full-length Born To Quit which was released last year and about the changes in touring over a career that has spanned three full decades. But there were also tidbits in there about an as-yet-to-be-revealed new full-length record. The record was already in the can and was, as is so often the case, just patiently waiting for a release date. Fast forward six months, and the release date for that then-untitled record is now upon us. The record, of course, is called Lovely Stuff, and it marks the band’s ...