Mike Pace and the Child Actors is the new-ish, expectation-exceeding solo project from Mike Pace, formerly of Oxford Collapse. His new album Smooth Sailing has been described as "if Runt-era Todd Rundgren had a baby with Hejira-era Joni Mitchell, delivered by Jeremiah Johnson-era Robert Redford, and then Mike Pace burst into the operating room yelling, 'hey guys, listen to my new tape!"