You may be more familiar with Ryan Smith for his other recent musical achievements. As well as fulfilling duties as keyboardist with the ethereal orchestra-pop maestros ‘The Silent League’ (which also features members of Mercury Rev and Interpol), he can also boast credits as a remixer for ‘Bloc Party’ and ‘Public Enemy’ (Chuck D of Public Enemy recently describing the results as “beyond anything describable – at the same time the most incredible and worst sonic experience in some time”)

Yet it is in his current guise, under the name of A Million Billion, that Ryan truly comes into his own. He released his first full length solo album ‘Today We Love You’ in August 2005 through his own Filthy Schoolgirls label in the US, following up June 2005’s ‘Filthy Schoolgirls EP’. This body of work was described by the New York Times as “a richly textured electronic score …layered with buzzes, whispers, chimes and a rich assortment of soothing and anxious sounds”.
It is this richly textured, soothing sound that forms the heart of ‘Volcano Season’. A track that takes the electronica reference points of his previous material, but instead turns to a more live band-based ethic, including a supporting cast of credible musicians, resulting in Ryan’s finest pop moment to date.

The single will be issued on limited edition enhanced CD, featuring the promotional video made by Mumbleboy, b-sides ‘Afraid of Ghosts’ and ‘Planes Land’, and a Scattershot remix of ‘Volcano Season’.

1. VOLCANO SEASON
2. AFRAID OF GHOSTS
3. PLANES LAND
4. VOLCANO SEASON (SCATTERSHOT REMIX)
+ VOLCANO SEASON (VIDEO)