Kevin Bronson on May 16th, 2013

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New York City-born, UCLA-educated singer Gabrielle Wortman launched her career as rock frontwoman before segueing to the electronic project Tempest (aka TEMP3ST). However, upon meeting fellow New Yorker Jason Rosen – the ex-keyboardist and guitarist for the pop-rockers Honor Society – things took a turn. And from the sound of their new side project Smoke Season, it probably involved some long drives in the desert. Neither the sexed-up music of Wortman’s past nor the Jonas Brothers-approved pop of Rosen’s, Smoke Season takes a cinematic approach to Americana on its debut EP “Signals” – woozy, dreamy and, yes, smoky. Don’t forget to inhale.

||| Download: “Soleil” (email required)

||| Live: Smoke Season plays the Troubadour on May 25.

||| Also: After the jump, check out the video for “Soleil”: