The Smile

A Light For Attracting Attention


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At this point in time it almost goes without saying that a project tied to Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood will be a success. Add to the melting pot Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner and that success is sure-fire. Whilst I wouldn’t say “A Light For Attracting Attention” is an album you fall for immediately, repeat listens are rewarding to say the least. Greenwood’s mind-bending, delay-laden riffage and Skinner’s propulsive rhythms will be winding their way into your mind for months to come.

The new collaborative product between Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood plus Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner is always going to draw comparisons to Radiohead, especially as any side project to that band featuring Yorke's unwavering and imitable vocals and wry, dystopian lyrics will. But this outing feels an especially good one.

Yorke and Greenwood both bring the unique talents they've honed in their solo works to the overall sound. There are plenty of austere synthesisers, crashing guitar riffery and delicate post-modern orchestral ornamentation to keep fans of either happy. As mentioned before Thom's unique, witty sense of apocalyptia runs through as many of these songs as any of Radiohead's best, wryly foreboding moments.

The new kid in the gang, the appropriately named drummer Tom Skinner, brings flurries of post-punk and afrobeat inspired rhythms to their sound.

Tracklist

Side A
The Same
The Opposite
You Will Never Work In Television Again

Side B
Pana-vision
The Smoke
Speech Bubbles

Side C
Thin Thing
Open the Floodgates
Free in the Knowledge

Side D
A Hairdryer
Waving a White Flag
We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
Skrting on the Surface

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