"'Cookies' is the lead track from Smad - the newly released EP by Steaming Heathen aka Kent-based artist Samuel D. Honeyman - most of which was recorded and produced in a kitchen, in the heart of his motherland, Gravesend. He describes it as "A Collection Of Visions From The Wonder Tundra" and consists of six miniature synthpop jewels - at 2:40 Cookies is by far the longest track on the release - all executed with an verve and exuberance that are completely compelling. I'm a sucker for well-made off-kilter pop music - partly because the very best pop music tends to be short and to the point. My single biggest quibble with 95% of the music we get sent is that it's simply too long: it's always better if instead of reaching for the fast-forward button your listeners find themselves hitting "replay" because the song was over too soon. On this basis I can warmly recommend the whole of Smad - the entire six songs can be enjoyed in under 8 minutes. Now that is class." - TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 MUSIC

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"As an ambassador for the genre of 'wonky pop', Steaming Heathen deals in sounds that are as hot and wild as his name might suggest. The project of Gravesend -based musician Samuel D Honeyman, 'Cookies' was born in his Kent kitchen and is the lead single to be lifted from his BBC Introducing Mixtape-approved 'Smad' EP. As well as it's monstrously infectious synth-lead beat, we really like the embrace of the sense of DIY production and the possibilities that nurturing a creative idea can lead to. It may be a long way from when Samuel first 'picked up a Casio Rapman from the RSPCA shop and staring making beatz', but there is still an uncomplicated and unpretentious approach that results in a cracking little pop tune that'll stay stuck in your head for ages."- EmergingIcons.com

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Produced by Samuel D. Honeyman.
Drums by Lee Munday.