Better resolution, better adjusted, and with small pictures of Suspiria and Confidenza soundtracks, if that can be useful for someone...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OFavfL6Ugzc

Ignore the other bad drawings lol

Probably been said before, but just had my vinyl playing in the background and was vibing so hard for those 10 minutes, have had to play it back multiple times

Wall of Eyes is the song thats grown on me the most in the entire Smile catalogue over the months. I never disliked it at all, but now i think it's the weirdest masterpiece they have. Nothing flashy but a real unicorn in their catalogue. If you learn the chords on guitar the idea of the song blooms.

No Words is another short termer that grew on me the most.

Other than that I havent had any big long term mid term revelations. Anyone else? What am I missing?

Here is my 10-song Smile compilation album. It is not meant to be a "best of" - I put a lot of emphasis on making it a coherent album with a good song progression. I did this by listening to the whole thing several times and changing songs/order until I was happy with the whole thing.

Restrictions I gave myself:

1. It had to be 10 songs
2. 3 or 4 songs per album, no more, no less

You know how The Smile have revisited some old Radiohead tracks, my theory is they might only pick ones that where considered for to be on, or toured, or sound checked around In Rainbows. Skrting On The Surface was on the blackboard Open The Floodgates was sound checked around 2006 Bodies Laughing was on the tour blackboard Might be wrong in future, what do you guys think? What might be the next revisited song?

Hey all,
What would you say about your the best of the year list?
I'd like to do this here, since here are "less people" than in Radiohead subreddit and would be more fun and appropriate I guess.

I'll listen to your lists (at least the albums I haven't yet listened to) at work.
I think I've missed out many this year.

Here's mine, probably forgot some great albums, but these are I remembered the first.
All these albums had special impact on me, but Hollow was the one which made the greatest impression
^((so that, I've travelled from Tbilisi to Hasselt, Belgium to attend her live show, which was like in surreal settings - in a hall which had capacity, I don't know for 350 people max and sadly, there were 50-70 people attending at most. I was shocked, and so was Keely? I don't know, it lasted only for 45 minutes and she didn't care for encore either.)

^(Sorry for this digression, but several years before I was at Julia Holter's live show in Linz, Austria and the same number of people were attending, I adore this kind of shows, it feels like private one, but it's like common for these kind of artists?)**)

Keely Forsyth - The Hollow
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Geordie Greep - New Sound
Beth Gibbons - Life Outgrown
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Wild God
Moor Mother - Great Bailout
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

Special mention: Nicolas Jaar - Piedras 1&2

I signed up so that Rough Trade “will let you know when this product will be available.” I never got an email and it seems sold out everywhere. Does anyone know what’s up with that? I’ve been really looking forward to it for a while, the email sign-up had me assuming that it would be released sometime in the future, and I’m disappointed that it seems like I didn’t get put on a mailing list or something. It could, also, absolutely just be my fault, so I wanted to ask.

Edit: now I see it says: “Released 12/13/2024” on the same page it says that I’m signed up. So is it sold out or not?

Looking around for Christmas. Preferably Cutouts or Wall of Eyes themed.

I love the lumbering, slow feel of the track; I especially adore the hypnotic psychedelic groove at the latter end and was wondering If there were any songs that are similar or replicate that? (Other bands beside The Smile btw)

I guess we were back doing this sooner that I thought haha.

A Light For Attracting Attention (Avg. 8.29)

1. The Same - 7.61
2. The Opposite - 8.3
3. You Will Never Work In Television Again - 7.25
4. Pana-vision - 8.85
5. The Smoke - 7.80
6. Speech Bubbles - 9.27
7. Thin Thing - 9.25
8. Open The Floodgates - 8.84
9. Free In The Knowledge - 8.34
10. A Hairdryer - 8.62
11. Waving A White Flag - 7.40
12. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings - 7.35
13. Skirting On The Surface - 9.14

Wall Of Eyes (Avg. 8.95)

1. Wall Of Eyes - 8.83
2. Teleharmonic - 9.22
3. Read The Room - 9.48
4. Under Our Pillows - 8.98
5. Friend Of A Friend - 9.13
6. I Quit - 8.90
7. Bending Hectic - 9.46
8. You Know Me! - 7.59

Cutouts (Avg. 8.65)

1. Foreign Spies - 7.74
2. Instant Psalm - 8.25
3. Zero Sum - 9.4
4. Colours Fly - 8.58
5. Eyes & Mouth - 9.54
6. Don't Get Me Started - 7.73
7. Tiptoe - 7.53
8. The Slip - 8.9
9. No Words - 9.12
10. Bodies Laughing - 9.68

COMPLETE SONG RANKING

1. Bodies Laughing - 9.68
2. Eyes & Mouth - 9.54
3. Read The Room - 9.48
4. Bending Hectic - 9.46
5. Zero Sum - 9.40
6. Speech Bubbles - 9.27
7. Thin Thing - 9.25
8. Teleharmonic - 9.22
9. Skirting On The Surface - 9.14
10. Friend Of A Friend - 9.13
11. No Words - 9.12
12. Under Our Pillows - 8.98
13. I Quit - 8.90
14. The Slip - 8.90
15. Pana-vision - 8.85
16. Open The Floodgates - 8.84
17. Wall Of Eyes - 8.83
18. A Hairdryer - 8.62
19. Colours Fly - 8.58
20. Free In The Knowledge - 8.34
21. The Opposite - 8.30
22. Instant Psalm - 8.25
23. The Smoke - 7.80
24. Foreign Spies - 7.74
25. Don't Get Me Started - 7.73
26. The Same - 7.61
27. You Know Me! - 7.59
28. Tiptoe - 7.53
29. Waving A White Flag - 7.40
30. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings - 7.35
31. You Will Never Work In Television Again - 7.25

ALBUM RANKINGS

ALFAA

1. Speech Bubbles - 9.27
2. Thin Thing - 9.25
3. Skirting On The Surface - 9.14
4. Pana-vision - 8.85
5. Open The Floodgates - 8.84
6. A Hairdryer - 8.62
7. Free In The Knowledge - 8.34
8. The Opposite - 8.30
9. The Smoke - 7.80
10. The Same - 7.61
11. Waving A White Flag - 7.40
12. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings - 7.35
13. You Will Never Work In Television Again - 7.25

WOE

1. Read The Room - 9.48
2. Bending Hectic - 9.46
3. Teleharmonic - 9.22
4. Friend Of A Friend - 9.13
5. Under Our Pillows - 8.98
6. I Quit - 8.90
7. Wall Of Eyes - 8.83
8. You Know Me! - 7.59

CUTOUTS

1. Bodies Laughing - 9.68
2. Eyes & Mouth - 9.54
3. Zero Sum - 9.4
4. No Words - 9.12
5. The Slip - 8.9
6. Colours Fly - 8.58
7. Instant Psalm - 8.25
8. Foreign Spies - 7.74
9. Don't Get Me Started - 7.73
10. Tiptoe - 7.53

I share this mosaic I have made from the 16 Thom's albums covers, in case it can be useful for some of you. Unfortunately, I had to exclude Suspiria and Confidenza soundtracks to keep it square.

https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/this-is-what-you-get-stanley-donwood-radiohead-thom-yorke

https://store-usd.thesmiletheband.com/products/the-smile-2025-calendar-sml

US link above - see comments for UK and EU links

This is the tenth and final song of the third and most recent album, Cutouts, and the final song discussion you'll see on this sub, for a long while if not forever. What are your thoughts on this song? What do you think it's significance is in the context of the album? Any particular favourite or unfavourable moments or lyrics? Is there any trivia you know?

Music video

Primavera

Amnsterdam

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results

A Light For Attracting Attention (Avg. 8.29)

1. The Same - 7.61
2. The Opposite - 8.3
3. You Will Never Work In Television Again - 7.25
4. Pana-vision - 8.85
5. The Smoke - 7.8
6. Speech Bubbles - 9.27
7. Thin Thing - 9.25
8. Open The Floodgates - 8.84
9. Free In The Knowledge - 8.34
10. A Hairdryer - 8.62
11. Waving A White Flag - 7.4
12. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings - 7.35
13. Skirting On The Surface - 9.14

Wall Of Eyes (Avg. 8.95)

1. Wall Of Eyes - 8.83
2. Teleharmonic - 9.22
3. Read The Room - 9.48
4. Under Our Pillows - 8.98
5. Friend Of A Friend - 9.13
6. I Quit - 8.9
7. Bending Hectic - 9.46
8. You Know Me! - 7.59

Cutouts

1. Foreign Spies - 7.74
2. Instant Psalm - 8.25
3. Zero Sum - 9.4
4. Colours Fly - 8.58
5. Eyes & Mouth - 9.54
6. Don't Get Me Started - 7.73
7. Tiptoe - 7.53
8. The Slip - 8.9
9. No Words - 9.12

This is the ninth song of the third album, Cutouts. What are your thoughts on this song? What do you think it's significance is in the context of the album? Any particular favourite or unfavourable moments or lyrics? Is there any trivia you know?

Music video

Soundcheck

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It’s okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won’t skip it, but I wouldn’t choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnum opus, or similar terminology.

Rating Results

A Light For Attracting Attention (Avg. 8.29)

1. The Same - 7.61
2. The Opposite - 8.3
3. You Will Never Work In Television Again - 7.25
4. Pana-vision - 8.85
5. The Smoke - 7.8
6. Speech Bubbles - 9.27
7. Thin Thing - 9.25
8. Open The Floodgates - 8.84
9. Free In The Knowledge - 8.34
10. A Hairdryer - 8.62
11. Waving A White Flag - 7.4
12. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings - 7.35
13. Skirting On The Surface - 9.14

Wall Of Eyes (Avg. 8.95)

1. Wall Of Eyes - 8.83
2. Teleharmonic - 9.22
3. Read The Room - 9.48
4. Under Our Pillows - 8.98
5. Friend Of A Friend - 9.13
6. I Quit - 8.9
7. Bending Hectic - 9.46
8. You Know Me! - 7.59

Cutouts

1. Foreign Spies - 7.74
2. Instant Psalm - 8.25
3. Zero Sum - 9.4
4. Colours Fly - 8.58
5. Eyes & Mouth - 9.54
6. Don't Get Me Started - 7.73
7. Tiptoe - 7.53
8. The Slip - 8.9

I like the album version but the end still feels a little 'weak' for me. I recall hearing a live version where Jonny did a long dramatic (distorted) build up before the band comes in. But most of the ones I came across on YouTube either comes in too early or was too clean... Hope that makes sense.

Edit: crescendo! That's the word I was looking for...