The Smile - the super-trio that is Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with master jazz drummer Tom Skinner - clearly have more good ideas than they know what to do with, with the announcement of their second album for 2024! Cutouts was recorded with Yorke cohort Sam Petts-Davies, and is set to land in October! - Flying Out
The Smile release a new album titled Cutouts, 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’s 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.
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