A post-punk supergroup of sorts, Holy Smokes are comprised of drummer extraordinaire Zach Hill (Hella/The Ladies/Team Sleep/Nervous Cop/Zach Hill and Mick Barr) and featuring Rob Crow (Pinback/Thingy/Heavy Vegetable/Optiganally Yours), Carson McWhirter (the Advantage, Jonathan Hischke of the Flying Luttenbachers), and co-conspirators Dan Elkan, Ian Hernandez, and J.R. Thompson. Their second album, Talk To Your Kids About Gangs, is the culmination of a recording process that began in 2003