The Smile｜Analog-only live EP "Europe: Live Recordings 2022" and "The Smile At Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022" are compiled into a Japan-only project.

The Smile｜Analog-only live EP "Europe: Live Recordings 2022" and "The Smile At Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022" are compiled into a Japan-only project.

Thom Yorke x Jonny Greenwood x Thom Skinner!
The Smile, an unbelievable new band!

A Japan-only CD compilation of two live EPs, "Europe: Live Recordings 2022" and "The Smile At Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022", which were released in analog-only format, is now available!

The Smile - Europe Live Recordings2022 / Live at Montreux JazzFestival, July 2022 - Japan CD SKU: 4582616190789 XL Recordings ¥2,970 JPY

The Smile is a band featuring Thom Skinner, a drummer prodigy who has played backup for Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood, Floating Points, and Mulatu Astatuke, and currently plays in Sons of Kemet. Their debut album "A Light For Attracting Attention" was released in June 2022 to great acclaim in various places, and the band has been actively streaming live to fans around the world and touring.

This is a Japan-only CD release that includes "Europe: Live Recordings 2022," a six-song live EP that was released in March 2023 as a limited-quantity analog-only release, and "Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Wu-Tang Clan, Nile Rodgers," a collection of live recordings by Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Wu-Tang Clan, Nile Rodgers and many others, all of whom have left their mark on the band's repertoire. The Smile At Montreux Jazz Festival July 2022", a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival where eminent artists such as Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Wu-Tang Clan, and Nile Rodgers have given masterful performances, will be recorded on one CD. The CD includes fan favorites from the album "A Light For Attracting Attention" and a band take of the single "FeelingPulledApartByHorses" released in 2009 under Thom Yorke's solo moniker, which gives the audience a sense of realism that only live recordings can provide. The band's take of "FeelingPulledApartByHorses," a single released under Thom Yorke's solo moniker in 2009.

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01. the Opposite
02. Thin Thing
03. FeelingPulledApartByHorses
04. The Same (Live EP Version)
05. Waving A White Flag
06. Free In The Knowledge
07. Pana-vision
08. Thin Thing
09. the Opposite
10. Speech Bubbles
11. Free In The Knowledge / A Hairdryer
12. the Smoke
13. You Will Never Work In Television Again