Author Archives: Faiz

Happy Easter Sunday! Our record was supposed to come out on Good Friday, but there were complications, and its birth has been delayed until April Fool’s Day. Thanks for holding! Until then, here is the video for the second single … Continue reading →

Happy Ides of March. In celebration, here is a song about betrayal. “Sold You Out” is the first single from our new record, SONGER, which will be available on Good Friday, March 25th via Sick Room Records SONGER by Small … Continue reading →

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Heads-up! In our modest celebration of Halloweek, Small Awesome is proud to present the new video for our song, “It So” from our old release, the Still E.P. The video was filmed by Beth Wiedner, Faiz Razi and Jim MacGregor. … Continue reading →

Dear folks,After a year out working on a new record,we are back on the fine stage at Schuba’s.with Breathe Owl Breathe and CoinsWednesday August 12th, 9pm 21+see you there!

Dear Jim and Matt, Dudes, I’m totally sorry I slept through the morning when we were scheduled to mix the new record, Still Awesome at my place the other day.  I’m also sorry that I kept you guys waiting outside … Continue reading →

Here is the new Small Awesome demo, entitled “Breech Born”, which was composed and scored for Faiz’ “Sound Theory and Practice” class at Columbia. To quote Jim: “If I understand this correctly, you have to zippity-do-dah a song to gain … Continue reading →

Ahoy! Been working on some potential artwork prototypes for our new record, Still Awesome. I’ve been taking a 3D printing course over at Columbia as part of my degree, and rendered the above PLA plastic with a makerbot2.  It’s pretty … Continue reading →

the 2014 PRF BBQ was tremendous. Special love to our musical guests, Messrs. Ike Turner on hi-hat and Brent Mix on baritone saxophone. Salut! Photo by Liz Bustamante, Poster by Jay Ryan

As we move closer towards the completion of our second record, Still Awesome, some finesse and finagling is required.  We just knocked out some lovely guitar overdubs at Razi Manor with the unbeatable Matt Engstrom.  Thank you again, sir! We’ve … Continue reading →