Smashes and Trashes is a greatest hits album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It is a 15-track career-embracing album and includes three previously unreleased tracks; Because of You, Tear the Place Up and Squander. On July 3rd 2009, the music video for Tear the Place Up was posted on MySpace. On August 10th 2009 a new video and song, Because of You, was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com. It was released on September 14th 2009 in the UK, with "Squander" following shortly after. This is the band's first new material since splitting in 2001.