A Light for Attracting Attention

by The Smile

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doojoux this was the best decision ever made. thanks for this album! Favorite track: Thin Thing.

JB Radiohead, freed of being Radiohead and soaring. Nice to hear guitars again. Not a favorite tracker, but not a weak one in this masterful baker’s dozen.

Laurent this album is a gem. I am fan if Radiohead and The Smile is a very nice extension/ variation into new territories. the production is just incredible, clear and detailed. looking forward to the new opus coming soon!!!! Favorite track: Free In The Knowledge.

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1.	The Same 04:19	info	buy track
2.	The Opposite 03:06	info	buy track
3.	You Will Never Work In Television Again 02:48	info	buy track
4.	Pana-vision 04:08	info	buy track
5.	The Smoke 03:39	info	buy track
6.	Speech Bubbles 04:16	info	buy track
7.	Thin Thing 04:30	info	buy track
8.	Open The Floodgates 04:29	info	buy track
9.	Free In The Knowledge 04:12	info	buy track
10.	A Hairdryer 05:17	info	buy track
11.	Waving A White Flag 03:47	info	buy track
12.	We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings 03:16	info	buy track
13.	Skrting On The Surface 05:31	info	buy track

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The Smile will release 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 contempoarary UK jazz players including Byron Wallen, Theon and Nathaniel Cross, Chelsea Carmichael, Robert Stillman and Jason Yarde.

The band, 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.

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released May 13, 2022

2022, Self Help Tapes LLP under exclusive licence to XL Recordings Ltd

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