In January 2022, The Smile – a new project formed from Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – played their first-ever concerts live in London. Performing three times across fifteen hours, each show was live streamed around the world. Setlist: (1/2/3 = taken from Magazine Broadcast 1, 2 or 3) ... 1 Pana-vision (1) -- 2 The Smoke (3) -- 3 Speech Bubbles (1) -- 4 Thin Thing (1) -- 5 Open The Floodgates (2) -- 6 Free In The Knowledge (2) -- 7 A Hairdryer (2) -- 8 Waving A White Flag (2) -- 9 We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings (2) --10 Skrting On The Surface (2) --11 The Same (3) --12 The Opposite (2) --13 You Will Never Work In Television Again (2) --14 Just Eyes And Mouth (3)
Direction
Dugdale captures claustrophobic warehouse intimacy perfectly.
Sound
Skinner's jazz drums collide with Greenwood's orchestral noise.
Director
Paul Dugdale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The band name came from a rarely-seen Radiohead lyric and a Ted Hughes poem—typical Yorke obfuscation.
This January 2022 debut dropped while Radiohead remained in indefinite hiatus, making it feel like stolen contraband from a parallel timeline.
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