VA — Comes With A Smile Vol 1-16 (2000-2006)

Comes With A Smile was a quarterly music fanzine published in the United Kingdom between June 1997 and February 2006. The title originates from a lyric in Red House Painters\’ song \»24\».

In 2001, Comes With A Smile released a now-out-of-print split 7\» between the bands Arco and Rivulets. Catalog number (KWOZ01).

From issue 5 onward, the magazine included a cover CD containing rare and often otherwise unavailable tracks by most of the artists interviewed within the magazine.

2000 — Comes With A Smile Volume 01 — All The While…

01. Jamie Owen — Trapeze Artist (3:21)

02. Calexico — Smarm Y Charm (2:51)

03. Mazarin — To Keep Things Moving (2:47)

04. The Handsome Family — Grandmother Waits For You (Alt Version) (4:08)

05. Lisa Germano — Starfish (2:39)

06. Superstar — Just An Outline (2:48)

07. Geoff Farina — Steely Dan (2:18)

08. Vic Chesnutt — Old Hotel (Live) (4:21)

09. Witness — So Far Gone (Demo) (6:21)

10. Cat Power — Metal Heart (Live) (3:52)

11. Arco — Movie (2:16)

12. Chris Mills — Borderline (X-Tended Spooky Intro Mix) (4:25)

13. Lambchop — The Book I Haven\’t Read (4:42)

14. Lullaby For The Working Class — In Defense Of Abstractions (3:18)

15. Lauren Hoffman — Look Like Shit (3:32)

16. The Weather — Rehearsed (2:56)

2000 — Comes With A Smile Volume 02 — Boxes In The Hall

01. Textile Ranch — The Dream Of The Murderer\’s Ship Pulling Out (04:00)

02. Matt Pond PA — Night\’s End (2:39)

03. (The Real) Tuesday Weld — Asteroids (Between The Stars Mix) (4:20)

04. Rivulets — Anyway… (4:03)

05. Grand Drive — One Last Smile (3:44)

06. Dakota Suite — My Broken Face (4:34)

07. The General Store — Stay (4:20)

08. Bettie Serveert — Cut N\’ Dried (3:15)

09. The Wisdom Of Harry — Almond Orange (5:22)

10. Graham — The Best Spectacular (Special CWAS Version) (4:26)

11. Mike Daly — She\’s Waiting For Me (4:06)

12. Josh Rouse — Camping In Copenhagen (3:52)

13. Squatter & The Ant — Last Light (for C.D.) (2:57)

14. The Czars — Black & Blue (Live) (4:20)

15. Bright Eyes — Jetsabel Removes The Undesirables (6:07)

16. Keiron Phelan & David Sheppard — Azizintla Fireflies (4:21)

17. Willard Grant Conspiracy — Love Doesn\’t (3:41)

18. Greg Weeks — Your Name Is Written Last (1:46)

2001 — Comes With A Smile Volume 03 — Pretty Together

01. The Orgone Box — Ticket With No Return (Alternate Mix) (3:18)

02. Doug Hoekstra — If The World Was Blind (5:54)

03. Radiogram — Gone To Stay (5:19)

04. Sloan — Pretty Together (Demo) (2:58)

05. Santa Sprees — Sleeping Partner (3:00)

06. Flare — (Don\’t Like) The Way We Live Now (4:47)

07. Howe Gelb — Wolfy (Demonstration) (4:42)

08. Wondets — Has You (Demo) (2:13)

09. The Cash Brothers — You Know The Way (3:42)

10. Brendan Benson — Doctor, Doctor (3:44)

11. David Grubbs — Don\’t Dream (2:40)

12. James Hindle — Cornish Breezes (3:29)

13. Sodastream — Trouble On The Railway (4:40)

14. Nina Nastasia — I Will Never Marry (3:29)

15. Mark Mulcahy — Elephantine (4:12)

16. Sweet Apple Pie — She Shines (Demo) (2:54)

17. Mull Historical Society — Ugly Buildings Are Beautiful (4:10)

18. Chris Von Sneidern — Watch Them Ride Away (3:19)

19. Cowboy Junkies — Something More Besides You (Live) (4:12)

20. Hawksley Workman — Old Bloody Orange (4:11)

2001 — Comes With A Smile Volume 04 — Let Them In, All Of Them

01. St. Thomas — Strangers Out Of Blue (4:04)

02. Mark Eitzel — Welcome To Whitehall (1:19)

03. Waterworks — River (2:55)

04. The Dearhunters — Mr. Katherine (Live) (2:59)

05. Neilson Hubbard — I Was Thinkin\’ (4:21)

06. Joel R.L. Phelps — Good Advice For Dogs (Alt) (6:06)

07. Bauer — Bricks Without Stone (4:26)

08. Oh Susanna — River Blue (Live) (4:02)

09. Jim White — The Wound That Never Heals (Alt) (4:00)

10. The Moore Brothers — Cute Lemon Party (3:37)

11. Flophouse Jr. — Lonely At The Top (3:56)

12. M Ward — Let\’s Dance (Live) (3:59)

13. Ai Phoenix — Revolution Is Grey (2:14)

14. Kings Of Convenience — Manhattan Skyline (Alt) (4:04)

15. Songs: Ohia — Untitled (3:01)

16. Tram — He Walks Alone (Acoustic) (4:01)

17. Steve Ward — You\’re A Fighter (3:50)

18. The Joel Plaskett Emergency — Black Sheep Boy (2:20)

19. Ken Stringfellow — Ask Me No Questions (Live) (4:38)

20. Jesse Harris — Another Place (4:21)

2002 — Comes With A Smile Volume 05 — Kicking It With Clowns

01. Ral Partha Vogelbacher — Wrong Bike (1:51)

02. Billy Mahonie — Dusseldorf (Andi Toma Mix) (7:26)

03. Clem Snide — Let\’s Make It (3:01)

04. Signalmen — Undone (3:54)

05. Mazarin — What Sees The Sky (Alt. Version) (3:27)

06. Ben Phillipson — Adelaide (Demo) (3:58)

07. Granfaloon Bus — Too Angry To Fly (Alt. Version) (3:09)

08. Howie Beck — Everything Ends (3:06)

09. Nice Man — Let\’s Have A Meaningful Relationship (1:39)

10. Bitter, Bitter Weeks — You Paralyze My Heart (3:17)

11. Robbie Fulks — Caesar\’s Ranch (3:29)

12. The Mother Hips — Sarah Bellum (Acoustic Version) (4:33)

13. Steve Wynn — Southern California Line (Live) (4:05)

14. Shannon Wright — Dyed In The Wool (Live) (5:35)

15. Squatter & The Ant — Blindfold (3:44)

16. Lincoln — Proud Of Myself (Acoustic Version) (4:16)

17. The New Tellers — Fear Of Phones (2:58)

18. Ashley Park — A Letter To The Mounties (Demo) (2:27)

19. Kidd Dynamo — Decide What\’s Next (Demo) (3:42)

20. Death Cab For Cutie — Steadier Footing (Acoustic Version) (1:53)

2002 — Comes With A Smile Volume 06 — Des Vagues De Pierre

01. Arab Strap — G.S.O.H. (4:13)

02. Greg Weeks — Believe (2:55)

03. Fran?oiz Breut — Le Nord (Xfm Session) (3:59)

04. Howe — What On Earth Will You Do (For Heaven\’s Sake)? (2:21)

05. Lambchop — The New Cobweb Summer (VPRO Session) (6:48)

06. Art Of Fighting — Give Me Tonight (Demo Version) (4:43)

07. James William Hindle — Always Rders (Demo) (3:59)

08. Julie Doiron and Herman D?ne — Dirty Feet (3:40)

09. Arbol — San Francisco (6:12)

10. Josh Rouse — Twilight/Nothing Gives Me Pleasure (Demo Version) (4:07)

11. Kevin Tihista — Sucker (\’Rock\’ Version) (3:40)

12. Matt Pond PA — Closer (4:30)

13. The American Analog Set — The Only Living Boy Around (Alt. Version) (3:49)

14. Matt Keating — To Love The Freak (4:21)

15. Darren Hanlon — Hiccups (Live Version) (2:49)

16. Bill Janovitz — Atlantic (Live Version) (3:54)

17. Varnaline — Mare Imbrium (Demo Version) (2:48)

18. Sloan — Are You Giving Me Back My Love? (Russian Futurists Mix) (3:49)

19. Richard Bell — Winterbirds (3:38)

2002 — Comes With A Smile Volume 07 — Back Into The Shadows

01. Flare — Scared Me (The Lost Weekend Mix) (1:52)

02. Rothko — Red Cells (Feat. Delicate Awol) (3:12)

03. Richmond Fontaine — Lost Son (Studio Version) (4:41)

04. Aroah — The Biggest Idiot In The World (Acoustic Version) (2:51)

05. Okkervil River — Disfigured Cowboy (5:15)

06. Ben Kweller — Launch Ramp (Acoustic Version) (1:59)

07. Grant-Lee Phillips — Buckaroo (4:27)

08. The Nick Luca Trio — Afraid (3:16)

09. Tindersticks — Sleepy Song (Live in Lisbon 30/10/01) (4:47)

10. Jet Johnson — November (4:36)

11. Mayday — Alone (3:56)

12. Richard Youngs — Like rs Now (5:47)

13. Lowlights — Lost & Alone (Demo Version) (3:38)

14. Richard Buckner — A Year Ahead (Live at Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco 19/01/00) (3:30)

15. Guided By Voices — Pretty Bombs (Live at Cat\’s Cradle, Chapel Hill 16/04/02) (3:30)

16. Warm Wires — Devo (3:44)

17. The Handsome Family — The Last (Demo Version) (2:45)

18. Spokane — Addition (3:36)

19. Norfolk & Western — Oslo (2:57)

20. Radiogram — Under The End (w/ Carolyn Mark) (5:50)

2003 — Comes With A Smile Volume 08 — Like Others Need Oxygen

01. (The Real) Tuesday Weld — Declan\’s Bad Days (1:42)

02. Calexico — Across The Wire (Acoustic) (3:15)

03. Archer Prewitt — Living Song (1:47)

04. The Mendoza Line — Holding A Drink (3:31)

05. Tim Oxley — Drift Away (3:58)

06. Nervous Plants — Mandi (2:07)

07. Spoon — In The Right Place The Right (Demo) (1:10)

08. The Go-Betweens — Mrs. Morgan (Demo) (4:01)

09. Damien Jurado — Mr. Brown (2:16)

10. Scout Niblett — Cherry Cheek Bomb (6:07)

11. Rivulets — Sunsets Can Be Beautiful (Even In Chicago) (Alt.) (4:20)

12. The Strugglers — The New Room (Acoustic) (4:05)

13. Pete Krebs — Lonely Street (Live) (2:30)

14. Hayden — Dynamite Walls (Live) (5:06)

15. Of Montreal — City Bird (2:54)

16. Cat Power — The Party (2:50)

17. Brando — Lumberpeg (2:24)

18. Mark Eitzel — Bought A Book (3:36)

19. Robyn G. Shiels — Never Say Never (4:12)

20. (The Real) Tuesday Weld — Declan\’s Little White Birds (2:29)

2003 — Comes With A Smile Volume 09 — Protect Our Secret Handshake

01. M Ward — Outta My Head (Demo) (2:24)

02. Rogue Wave — Be Kind + Rd (Brown Angel Remix) (2:40)

03. At Swim Two Birds — Darling (Remix) (5:02)

04. Granfaloon Bus — There\’s A Sugar Museum (Acoustic) (3:20)

05. Electrelane — Long Dark (Alt. Version) (4:10)

06. Sigmatropic (featuring Edith Frost) — Haiku 4 (Alt.) (2:31)

07. Brokeback with Chicago Underground Duo — Chomsk, Live! (7:08)

08. Death Cab For Cutie — Debate Exposes Doubt (Acoustic) (3:18)

09. Alasdair Roberts — Long A-Growing (6:14)

10. James William Hindle — W11 3HN (2:13)

11. The Essex Green — Victor (1:47)

12. The Sadies — The Story\’s Often Told (Live) (2:58)

13. Gordon Downie — Christmas In Toronto (Alt.) (2:22)

14. Royal City — That My Head Were A Spring (String Version) (2:13)

15. Currituck Co. — Father\’s Day (4:57)

16. Diana Darby — Sunday It\’s Clover (2:11)

17. Doug Hoekstra — Because She Loves Him (5:37)

18. The Twin Atlas — Moment Right Now (2:58)

19. The Weakerthans — Psalm For The Elk\’s Lodge Last Call (Alt.) (3:00)

20. Willard Grant Conspiracy — Dig A Hole (6:23)

2004 — Comes With A Smile Volume 10 — Wide-Awake, Crescent-Shaped

01. Clem Snide — Tuesday, October 24th (Jack Drag Remix)

02. Sloan — Who Loves Life More? (Demo)

03. Limbeck — The State

04. Ellis Island Sound — Harvest 54

05. The American Analog Set — Choir Vandals (Muscle Beach Version)

06. Piano Magic — You Can Never Get Lost When You\’ve Nowhere To Go

07. William Hut — B10

08. The Constantines — St. You (CBC Session)

09. Okkervil River — My Bad Days (Live)

10. Bonnie Prince Billy — Antagonism (Live)

11. Richmond Fontaine — The Janitor

12. The Handsome Family — Famous Blue Raincoat

13. Lambchop — Nothing But A Blur From A Bullet Train (PBS Session)

14. Jay Farrar & Canyon — Child Of The Moon (Live)

15. Blanche — Never Again (Demo)

16. Jeffrey Luck Lucas — Cascade

17. Bardo Pond — Take What You Need (New Mix)

18. Shearwater — I Can\’t Wait

2004 — Comes With A Smile Volume 11 — Hope Isn\’t A Word

01. The Scene Is Now — Words (03:09)

02. Bauer — Sunburned Teeth (02:58)

03. The Last Town Chorus — Wire Waltz (02:33)

04. The Mountain Goats — Beat The Devil (03:12)

05. 50 Foot Wave — Petal (04:28)

06. The Wisdom Of Harry — Uncrowned (03:03)

07. Mission Of Burma — Learn How (Live) (05:33)

08. Johnny Dowd — Papa, Oh Papa (Live) (06:42)

09. The Innocence Mission — I Haven\’t Seen This Day Before (Live) (03:05)

10. Iron & Wine — Smokestack Lightning (Live) (04:20)

11. Laura Veirs — r Tattoos (Live) (05:16)

12. Andrew Bird — Why? (Live) (04:37)

13. Papa M — Unquiet Grave (Live) (04:44)

14. Daryll-Ann — Settle Down (02:08)

15. Blonde Redhead — Melody (Demo) (04:17)

16. The Flucts — 2 Gtr Practice (05:00)

17. Sufjan Stevens — Borderline (03:18)

18. Dawn Landes — Dig Me A Hole (Demo) (03:06)

19. (The Real) Tuesday Weld — Stand By Your Man (03:05)

2004 — Comes With A Smile Volume 12 — Meanwhile, In The Mean

01. David Cross — Am I The Only One On The Planet That Knows How To Drive? (Recorded live at the Soho Theatre, London 23.08.04) (3:58)

02. Unbunny — Water And The Spanish Tongue (Electric Version) (1:57)

03. Jim White — Cinderblock Walls (5:20)

04. Solex — Put A Lock On It (2:57)

05. Jim Guthrie — Ain\’t Got No / I Got Life (2:20)

06. Matt Pond PA — The Band And Me (3:04)

07. David Grubbs — Aging Young Lovers (2:53)

08. Tony Moreno (w/ Shelley Short) — Driving By Moonlight (3:31)

09. The Decemberists — A Cautionary Tale (Recorded live at Richards On Richards, Vancouver, BC 11.02.04 for CBC) (3:11)

10. Giant Sand — Capitulation Blues (4:35)

11. Mari — Future Is Wired (3:22)

12. 65Daysofstatic — Massive Star At The End Of Its Burning Cycle (5:19)

13. Tara Jane O\’Neil — Tracer (Stage Version) (5:31)

14. Kevin Tihista — Is That All There Is? (3:54)

15. Royal City — Tarry (4:45)

16. Andrew Morgan — The Spires Conspire (2:48)

17. Ukiah — Ruppert Towers (3:06)

18. The Good Life — Grandma\’s Gone (4:20)

19. RTX — Beth (2:49)

20. Mark Eitzel — Patriot\’s Heart (Recorded live at Bush Hall, London 15.08.04) (4:31)

21. David Cross — My Kids Think I\’m An ATM (Recorded live at the Soho Theatre, London 23.08.04) (2:03)

2005 — Comes With A Smile Volume 13 — Every Minute A Mystery

01. Jens Lekman — No For Breaking Up (4:28)

02. Comets On Fire w/ Burning Star Core — Street Wars (14:01)

03. Art Of Fighting — Along The Run (Demo) (4:27)

04. The Eighteenth Day Of May — Sir Casey Jones (3:16)

05. Dolorean — Holding On (Live) (4:34)

06. Mark Mulcahy — Part Of The Show (3:22)

07. M Ward — One More Goodbye (3:29)

08. The Heavy Blinkers — Gentle Strength (Remix) (3:47)

09. Brendan Benson — Between Us (Uncensored Version) (3:10)

10. Cass McCombs — Tourist Woman (Demo) (2:25)

11. Camper Van Beethoven — Alien Ghost Song (3:10)

12. Archer Prewitt — We Go Alone (3:59)

13. Lou Barlow — A Man In Love (Live) (2:00)

14. Ken Stringfellow — Reveal Love (Live) (5:48)

15. Jeff Parker — Sea Change (Vicissitude Version) (4:41)

16. Michaelmas — What League Am I In? (3:37)

17. Low — Walk Into The Sea (Acoustic Version) (3:07)

2005 — Comes With A Smile Volume 14 — Words Worn Down To Nothing

01. Scout Niblett — Ruler Of My Heart (2:31)

02. Rogue Wave — March (2:40)

03. Sam Prekop — North South (3:34)

04. Youthmovie Soundtrack Strats — Let\’s Get Going (YMSS Arbitrary Mix) (4:45)

05. Don\’s Mobile Barbers — He\’s Heading Back Into Town (5:19)

06. Currituck Family — The Boys Sing The Song Of Jodi The Blue Jew Of Aramanth (Hills Of Isle Au Haut) (4:11)

07. Panda Bear — Search For Delicious (4:54)

08. Six Organs Of Admittance — Sun Has Set (3:45)

09. Stuart A. Staples — Say Something Now (3:53)

10. Richmond Fontaine — Blur Out (4:49)

11. Josh Rouse — My Love Has Gone (Acoustic) (3:36)

12. Mary Lorson & Saint Low — Born Knowing (Billy Cot? Remix) (3:51)

13. Monade — At Last I\’m Free (5:11)

14. Hood — Winter Politics (Demo) (2:13)

15. Arco — Dry (1:36)

16. Electrelane — Today (8:32)

17. Anamude — Over There An Angel (3:06)

2005 — Comes With A Smile Volume 15 — Gloved Hands In A Squeeze

01. Espers — Firefly Refrain (6:43)

02. Picastro — Shorter Hard (3:50)

03. Richard Buckner — Pull (RCF Live) (2:38)

04. Sleater-Kinney — Entertain (XFM Live) (4:54)

05. The American Analog Set — Everything Ends In Spring (Edit) (4:41)

06. Aaron Stout — The Ballad Of Mr Lamatta (3:57)

07. Marissa Nadler — Flora Barone, Queen Of The Vaudeville Throne (4:31)

08. Four Tet — Both When I Am Alone And We Both Are (3:44)

09. Tremulous Monk — Tea Hippy (4:01)

10. Laura Veirs — Flotsam \’N\’ Jetsam (3:38)

11. David Eugene Edwards — Nobody \’Cept You (2:45)

12. Vetiver (featuring Hairy Fairy) — You May Be Blue (Live) (4:54)

13. Colleen — The Zither Song (5:10)

14. Laura Cantrell — Hammer And Nails (2:56)

15. Pacific Ocean Fire — My Drinking Days Are Done (6:11)

16. Maria Taylor — The First Ever I Saw Your Face (3:54)

17. Frank Black — Atlantis (5:42)

2006 — Comes With A Smile Volume 16 — How They Wash Away…

01. The Eighteenth Day Of May — The Waterman\’s Song To His Daughter (5:08)

02. The New Pornographers — High Art, Local News (2:59)

03. BC Camplight — Suffer For Two (Demo) (3:06)

04. The Mendoza Line — Tell It To The Raven (3:02)

05. The Real Tuesday Weld — Dreaming Of You (3:47)

06. Rivulets — Can\’t I Wonder (Solo Version) (3:54)

07. Spoon — The Beast And Dragon, Adored (3:50)

08. Drive-By Truckers — Great Car Dealer War (5:38)

09. 31Knots — White Hot (2:42)

10. Billy Mahonie — Minor Folk Tune (Demo) (5:25)

11. Constantines — Shine A Light (Live) (4:51)

12. The Howling Hex — Death Letter From Centerville Springs (Live) (2:56)

13. Gravenhurst — Entertainment (Live) (3:42)

14. Tim Bluhm — If Love Hath No Pride (3:01)

15. Arab Strap — That\’s Where We\’ve Left Our Love (3:01)

16. Mick Harvey — Just A Little Bit Of Rain (3:34)

17. Matt Pond PA — NJ Holiday (Demo) (4:33)