The Smile aka Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner will release their highly anticipated debut album A Light For Attracting Attention on 13 May, 2022 on XL Recordings / Rhythmethod.
The 13-track album was produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich and mastered by Bob Ludwig. Tracks feature strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra and a full brass section of contemporary UK jazz players including Byron Wallen, Theon and Nathaniel Cross, Chelsea Carmichael, Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde.
The Smile, comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, have previously released the singles ‘You Will Never Work in Television Again‘, ‘The Smoke‘, and ‘Skrting On The Surface‘ to critical acclaim.
‘The Smoke’ was also released as a dub remix by legendary reggae producer Dennis Bovell.
The Smile’s most recent single ‘Pana-vision‘ was released on 3 April and appeared in the finale of Peaky Blinders. The animated video for Pana-vision features artwork by Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke and can be seen here.
The brand new single ‘Free In The Knowledge‘ is out today, with an accompanying video directed by Leo Leigh. The track was first performed by Thom Yorke as part of the Letters Live event at London’s Royal Albert Hall, in December 2021, the first time Thom had performed since the pandemic began. Introducing the song, he dedicated it to all fellow UK musicians.
In January The Smile played three consecutive sold-out live shows over a 24- hour period in London. These shows were simultaneously livestreamed to a worldwide audience. The band begin their 2022 European tour on 16 May in Croatia, and will be performing UK dates in London, Edinburgh, and Manchester, before heading back into Europe, with a final performance in Taormina, Sicily, on 20 July. The dates include a performance at Down The Rabbit Hole festival in the Netherlands on 2 July and the Montreux Jazz Festival on 20 July.
A Light For Attracting Attention will be released by XL Recordings / Rhythmethod on digital, May 13 and on CD and vinyl formats June 17. Physical formats (all in gatefold packaging); Double black vinyl. Limited edition double yellow vinyl (Independent retailer exclusive), and Single CD.
A Light For Attracting Attention is available to pre-order: https://smarturl.it/
A Light For Attracting Attention tracklisting:
1. The Same
2. The Opposite
3. You Will Never Work in Television Again
4. Pana-vision
5. The Smoke
6. Speech Bubbles
7. Thin Thing
8.Open The Floodgates
9. Free In The Knowledge
10. A Hairdryer
11. Waving A White Flag
12. We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
13. Skrting On The Surface
A Light For Attracting Attention is out May 13 via XL Recordings / Rhythmethod
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