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The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl)

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Limited edition Yellow Vinyl.

The Smile released their highly anticipated debut album A Light For Attracting Attention on 13 May, 2022 on XL Recordings.

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, Free In The Knowledge 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.

 


Track list:
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 Flood Gates
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