The Smith Street Band - Don't Waste Your Anger

Don’t Waste Your Anger is the fourth studio album by Australian punk rock band The Smith Street Band, released in April 2020 via Pool House Records.

The Smith Street Band are an Australian punk rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, in which the Smith Street of their name can be found in Fitzroy and Collingwood. The current line-up comprises Wil Wagner (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Lee Hartney (guitars, vocals), Michael "Fitzy" Fitzgerald (bass, vocals), Matt Bodiam (drums), Lucy Wilson (keyboards, guitars, vocals) and Jess Locke (guitars, vocals).

The band have released two EPs, South East Facing Wall (2010) and Don't Fuck with Our Dreams (2013) and four studio albums, No One Gets Lost Anymore (2011), Sunshine and Technology (2012), Throw Me in the River (2014), and More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me (2017).

Don’t Waste Your Anger is the new album from The Smith Street Band.

Recorded and mixed by bass player Fitzy, Don’t Waste Your Anger was recorded in the band's Bush House Studios in regional Victoria, which runs entirely off grid.

“We have a new single out right now called ‘I Still Dream About You’. We’ve actually been playing this song live for 18 months or so, it was the first thing we wrote for this album. For years after quitting smoking I had a recurring dream where I would just roll and smoke a cigarette and I thought it was interesting that my body, or subconscious, was holding on to something I’d tried to quit. Thinking about that idea is what inspired this song!” - Wil Wagner

To promote the album, Wil Wagner performed an acoustic set live on the band's Facebook and conduct live Q&A with band members.

The album debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA albums charts, the first album to reach #1 for the band.

This album is an indies record stores limited edition on neon violet coloured vinyl with a six panel printed insert, pressed in Australia via Pool House Records.