''Don't Waste Your Anger'' is the fifth

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by Australian

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The Smith Street Band The Smith Street Band are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, in which the titular Smith Street can be found. The band have released five extended plays and six studio albums, ''No One Gets Lost Anymore'' (2011), ''Sunshine and T ...

. It was released via Pool House Records on 17 April 2020 and debuted at number 1 on the

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, becoming the band's first number one album. The album was originally set to be released in June 2020, but was brought forward due to

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lockdowns and an uncertainty about when the band will be able to tour it. The album was recorded and mixed by bassist Michael Fitzy in the band's Bush House Studios in regional Victoria. To promote the album, Wil Wagner performed an acoustic set live on the band's

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and conduct live Q&A with band members. Lee Hartney has stated his guitar work on this record was primarily influenced by Jeff Russell of Signals Midwest which resulted in experimenting with more flanger pedals, pick slides and an overall internal growth as a musician.

Critical reception

Chloe Grimshaw from The Creative Issue said "''Don't Waste Your Anger'' is the reflective, honest and human album that perfectly accompanies life at the moment." saying the album is "something quite transformative and unapologetically raw".

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Critical reception

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