Smile

Smile is Cane Hill's debut studio album, released on July 15th 2016 via Rise Records. It introduced some of Cane Hill's better known tracks, including singles You're So Wonderful and MGGDA and was recorded over a span of four weeks in early 2016 with WZRD BLD serving as producer. The album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's US Heatseekers Albums, an accomplishment that would later be repeated by their sophomore effort Too Far Gone. The album is somewhat known for the controversial music video released for (The New) Jesus, the album's lead single.

The band toured heavily throughout 2016 in support of the album, supporting the likes of Bullet For My Valentine and Insane Clown Posse before and after the album's release respectively.

Reception
Smile received generally positive reception from critics, with Zach Redup of Dead Press considering Cane Hill "pioneers of the nu-metalcore movement", Natasha Van Desur of New Noise Magazine calling the record "nothing short of brilliant", and Kolby Pearson praising it as "one of the best, creepiest, and headbangiest albums of the year so far". It wasn't without its critics however, with Luke Morton of Metal Hammer criticizing the record for "lacking in depth and focus".

Track listing
Asterisks denote the track was released as a single.

Personnel
Cane Hill members


 * Elijah Witt – lead vocals
 * James Barnett – guitars
 * Ryan Henriquez – bass
 * Devin Clark – drums, percussion

Production members


 * Drew Fulk – production, recording, mixing, mastering
 * Jeff Dunne – engineering, mixing, mastering