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