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Album Review: Charles Joseph Smith - Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts

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SR065 Iris Temple – Ghosts of the Future
Out July 17, 2026 on Sooper Records
 
Iris Temple is a band, more accurately a duo, or as they might put it simply; two best friends who speak the same musical language. Quinn Regan and Quinn Cochran, colloquially referred to as The Quinns in Chicago’s alt. R&B scene, have avoided the typical trajectory of “rising artists” for years. After each release in their early career, the band would seemingly go into hiding. Just as fans began to wonder if they had disappeared for good, a new single would mysteriously emerge online - groovy, full of life, melancholic yet playfully sincere; a thread in the musical lineage of artists like D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and Frank Ocean stretching into the future to remind us that music made with care can defeat the cold cynicism of the day. 

Iris Temple’s latest hiatus has been their longest to date. After the release of their 2019 EP The Ones We Love, and the string of singles that followed, the Quinns vanished again. The two best friends faced individual battles with depression, anxiety, and existential vertigo amid the unending horrors of the news cycle. Being terminally offline, The Quinns found solace in their friendship and returned to their musical outlet once more.

Iris Temple’s upcoming project Ghosts of the Future is a stark reflection of life inside a decaying empire. Crafted at the intersection of electronic experiments and virtuosic live instrumentation, the Quinns trade verses and sing together in lush, layered harmony over subtly neck-breaking underwater grooves. The contrast between futuristic synths and acoustic strings in the project's sonic landscape mirrors the tongue in cheek dissonance between its laid-back production and biting lyrics.

Preorder now on Digital and CD.

Listen to "Settle Down" now and watch the lyric video by Quinn Regan.

Written and Performed by Quinn Regan and Quinlan Cochran
Production and Instrumentation by Quinlan Cochran
Additional Production by Quinn Regan and
Mixed and Mastered by at
Artwork and video by Quinn Regan
Layout and Design by .vasquez
📷 Peter Andresen

SR025 Sen Morimoto - Cannonball!

Released 8 years ago today, Sen Morimoto's Cannonball! LP is as fresh and unclassifiable as ever. A major record in the Sooper lore. An album that brings about big feelings of nostalgia and gratitude, eventhough it's imbued with a sense of wide-eyed paranoia and awe-stricken uncertainty.

SR016 Jodi - Karaoke EP

The debut EP from Jodi released 9 years ago today 🧢

Scoop a copy on vinyl.

"Jodi has left us broken, bereft but in awe of a talent that can take a couple of seconds and make it your whole world." - The Line of Best Fit

SR038 Woongi - Rip's Cuts

Released 7 years ago. We love every album we release, but this album comes up again and again, internally, as a top contender for best album in Sooper's catalog. Check out a stone cold Chicago classic in Woongi's Rip's Cuts. Released in 2019.




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Charles Joseph Smith's Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts Hometown Album Release Show is tonight at at 8 PM. With x and .potions

📷 Ray Ellingson (2012)

It's Bandcamp Friday. Consider picking up some new music. We've got something for everybody. Pictured is a small snapshot of what we've been up to the last couple years.

Thank you as always for your support