The Smile reveal their new album Cutouts, out today! The band shared new single ‘Bodies Laughing’ earlier in the week. It follows recent tracks ‘Foreign Spies’, ‘Zero Sum’, ‘Don’t Get Me Started’, and ‘The Slip’, the latter two of which were released via a limited edition 2-track 12-inch single at record shops globally. A brand-new, Weirdcore directed video for ‘Instant Psalm’ premieres at 9pm AEST tonight.
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, produced by Sam Petts-Davies, and 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.
Outside The Smile, Thom Yorke released the original score for Daniele Luchetti’s film Confidenza and announced solo tour dates in Australia, New Zealand, 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. Tom Skinner released Voices of Bishara Live at ‘mu’ and is touring the jazz summer festival circuit to perform his own solo music.
Stream / download Cutouts here.