The Smile releases ‘The Smoke’

New single drops ahead of three livestream performances

The Smile, the new group comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, have revealed their new single, “The Smoke,” and its accompanying lyric video, created by the BAFTA winning writer and director Mark Jenkin. The track is the follow up to the band’s debut single, “You Will Never Work In Television Again,” released at the beginning of the year.

The band will be releasing further new music in the coming months.

The Smile will play three consecutive live shows across 16 hours and three timezones at Magazine London this weekend, on January 29th and 30th. Performing in the round to a sold out, seated audience, the three shows will be simultaneously broadcast in real time, via livestream to a global audience.

Due to the overwhelming demand for in person tickets to the gigs, the band recently launched a worldwide ticket ballot, offering a pair of tickets for every country in the world across the three shows. Those limited tickets are now sold out.

Showcasing The Smile’s unreleased material, the livestream is directed by the award-winning Paul Dugdale and produced by Driift. As well as being able to join a show from home, the gigs will be also be streaming at participating independent venues and cinemas across UK, Europe and USA, via Rippla.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

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