The Smile
The Smile - Cutouts (White Coloured Vinyl LP) (XL Recordings)
Format: White Coloured Vinyl LP
Cat No: XL1445LPE
The Smile announce details of a new album titled ‘Cutouts’, set for release via XL Recordings. The trio - Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner - debuted several songs from ‘Cutouts’ during The Smile’s UK tour in March.
‘Cutouts’ features 10 new tracks and is produced by Sam Petts-Davies. It is the band’s third studio album, following ‘Wall of Eyes’, released in January, and the trio’s 2022 debut album, ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’.
‘Cutouts’ was recorded in Oxford and at Abbey Road Studios during the same period of time as ‘Wall Of Eyes’. The album features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra and the album art was painted during the recording process by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke.
This is the second studio album release from The Smile in under a year. In January, ‘Wall Of Eyes’ charted at Number 3 in the UK Album Charts, receiving ‘Best Album of the Year so far’ praise from Pitchfork, The Needle Drop, Consequence, Brooklyn Vegan, Treblezine and Spin.
Outside The Smile, Thom Yorke released the original score for Daniele Luchetti’s film, ‘Confidenza’, and announced solo tour dates in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Japan; Jonny Greenwood debuted a new work, ‘X Years of Reverb’, at the 268-year old Octagon Chapel in Norwich, and is writing the score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film, ‘The Battle of Baktan Cross’; and Tom Skinner released ‘Voices of Bishara
Live at “mu”’ and is touring the Summer jazz festival circuit to perform his own solo music.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Foreign Spies
2. Instant Psalm
3. Zero Sum
4. Colours Fly
5. Eyes & Mouth
6. Don’t Get Me Started
7. Tiptoe
8. The Slip
9. No Words
10. Bodies Laughing
