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Taking their moniker from the title of a poem by English poet Ted Hughes,
the Smile is a collaborative project featuring the talents of
Radiohead's
Thom Yorke and
Jonny Greenwood,
Sons of Kemet drummer
Tom Skinner, and longtime
Radiohead producer
Nigel Godrich. Borne of the early doldrums of the COVID-19 pandemic, the band made their surprise live debut in 2021 at Glastonbury and subsequently announced that a record was forthcoming. In January 2022 they issued the first taste of the album, a knotty, guitar-driven rush of Motorik post-punk titled "You Will Never Work in Television Again." The trio issued half-a-dozen singles to prime fans for the eventual full-length release
A Light for Attracting Attention. Arriving that May, the set blended the skittering anxiety and haunted beauty of
Radiohead with
Skinner's jazzy execution. ~ James Christopher Monger