There’s a lot of anticipation regarding The Smile. Despite being a relatively new band formed last year, the involvement of Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood means there’s a lot riding on their debut.

The group consists of the two Radiohead musicians as well as Tom Skinner – known as the drummer for British jazz group Sons of Kemet. Having made their first performance at the Live at Worthy Farm live stream last year, the band have been keeping their momentum going with the release of four new singles and further performances in London earlier this year.

And now we’re almost at the stage of having a whole album from the trio. Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood recently appeared on the Smartless podcast, hosted by American actors Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes. Thom Yorke said that their new album was “pretty much done“, and went into detail on the writing process behind the LP.

Yorke said that “Jonny had come with a bunch of ideas, and I hadn’t seen him for a while, so they all just came pouring out before I could go, ‘Wait, wait, wait.’ ….There was a lot of me retrospectively going, ‘Okay, what am I going to do with that?’ Which was really nice.”

Their latest single “Pana-vision“ was released a couple of weeks back (you can read about this here) and was preceded by “Skrting on the Surface“ last month, as well as “The Smoke“  and “You Will Never Work in Television Again“ back in January.

They’ve also been getting involved in some television work, with “Pana-vision“ being included on the Peaky Blinders soundtrack, more on which you can find here. Thom Yorke has even contributed some solo songs to the show, namely “5.17“ and “That’s How Horses Are“.

Thom Yorke was also seen last week playing a solo acoustic set in Switzerland, playing some Radiohead songs like “Exit Music (For a Film)“ and “Bodysnatchers“. You can see some of this performance below.

The Smile is also set for some tour dates around Europe and the UK over May till July, tickets for which can be found here. The UK tour dates can be seen below. If you want to pre-order the new Peaky Blinders soundtrack featuring some of their material, then you can look here.

The Smile UK Tour Dates
29/05/2022 – Roundhouse – London
30/05 – Roundhouse – London
01/06 –  Usher Hall – Edinburgh
02/06 – Albert Hall – Manchester