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The Smile announce details of a new album titled ‘Cutouts’, setfor release via XL Recordings. The trio - Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner -debuted several songs from ‘Cutouts’ during The Smile’s UKtour in March. ‘Cutouts’ features 10 new tracks and is produced by Sam Petts-Davies. ‘Cutouts’ is the band’s third studio album, following ‘Wall ofEyes’, released in January, and the trio’s 2022 debut album, ‘ALight For Attracting Attention’. ‘Cutouts’ was recorded in Oxford and at Abbey Road Studiosduring the same period of time as ‘Wall Of Eyes’. The album features string arrangements by the LondonContemporary Orchestra and the album art was painted duringthe recording process by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke. This is the second studio album release from The Smile inunder a year. In January, ‘Wall Of Eyes’ charted at Number 3 inthe 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 forDaniele Luchetti’s film, ‘Confidenza’, and announced solo tourdates in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Japan; JonnyGreenwood debuted a new work, ‘X Years of Reverb’, at the268-year old Octagon Chapel in Norwich, and is writing thescore for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film, ‘The Battle ofBaktan Cross’; and Tom Skinner released ‘Voices of BisharaLive at “mu”’ and is touring the Summer jazz festival circuit toperform his own solo music.

The Smile - Cutouts (White Vinyl)

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    Instant Psalm
    Zero Sum
    Colours Fly
    Eyes & Mouth
    Don’t Get Me Started
    Tiptoe
    The Slip
    No Words
    Bodies Laughing

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