How You Been hears SML deepen the approach of their debut, assembling performances recorded across late 2024 and early 2025 in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Seattle. Their recorded music is a function of their live show, remaining improv-first, guided neither by presets nor tendings to zero. 'Chicago Four' anchors itself in a live Chicago recording with cascading synths, wobble-guitar, looping percussion and a well-sharpened sax line; 'Brood Board Shroom' drifts into ambient, time-fluid territory. Then 'Taking Out The Trash' brings blotto breakbeats, guitar stabs and yet another stinging sax solo; clearly their drug of choice. SML balance freehand depth, drive and timbre, crowning them a worthy, potent force on the LA circuit.