The Smile - A Hairdryer

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[@matthewsaul3533]

I will forever love the fuck out of Thom Yorke for putting something like "look at all the pretty lights" into a music context such as this

[@stooge81]

If you get a chance to see them live, don't hesitate. One of the greatest live shows I've seen in decades. The best gift you could give yourself.

[@glitterghost]

100% agree! saw them in Dallas and they were incredible! seeing them again in June

[@martinmlekicki690]

Was just thinking the same thing. Unforgettable memories from the the Miami show this year.

[@daiastral]

Was just about to make the decision and saw your comment. T H A N K S

[@OkYasser]

There’s something so magical about Thom repeating “Look at all the pretty lights”. Absolutely love it ♥️

[@karlrobottom9973]

Yes! I also hear 'look at all the pretty lies' Might just be me though!

[@ahuramazda123]

@@karlrobottom9973 I hear "pretty lies" as well!

[@skywardstargaze1768]

3:39 "lights" is clearly audible. But I also heard lies at first. Possible he's alternating between the two?

[@danielstahl5028]

In live performance, "look at all the pretty lights" is punctuated by all the (pretty) stage lights....kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKm4fn6vhNF9rZI

[@HEX_17]

@@skywardstargaze1768 I think he is yeah

[@alexanderchapman1460]

The drummer is amazing. So jazzy.

[@Ellier215]

Check out his other works.

[@tkingolimbs]

I love Tom Skinner too

[@hike3037]

1:52-2:42 is just pure Hail to the thief sound, I love it.

[@hike3037]

And outro sounds like it's from Thom Yorke's "The eraser"

[@aadole1]

Read this comment right the mark 🤌🏾

[@renaissanceman622]

The smile has a unique sound which is actually quiet different than Radiohead. Imagine they are in their 50's and still manage to beat the new gen kids in making unique music. Love it!

[@Straaaayyyy]

The smile feels like radiohead with no calorie tbh

[@r3dsnow757]

The Smile is just Radiohead doing sidequests/a seperate arc

[@Мммакс]

Сделали группу чтобы в клубах поиграть, а не на стадионах и поиграть то, что в радиоголове не канает.

[@Straaaayyyy]

@@Мммакс только ты не прав, многие песни они хотели пихнуть на радиохед, но отлили в смайл, например just eyes and mouth должен был быть на альбоме смайл, но оставили для радиохед, так что песни на смайл подходили к радиоголовам, это могли быть синглы или вообще части 10ого альбома

[@mikeprice25]

@@Randomuser2329 My twisted words v2

[@ashtree99]

this sounds like it could be a more acoustic version of a song off TKOL, with the loopy vocal lines and drums/guitar

[@renaissanceman622]

When you put it that way ... agreed! it actually does.

[@AyyyGabagool]

So many songs on this album can be labeled as leftovers from certain albums. Open The Floodgates, Speech Bubbles, and Waving A White Flag are so painfully A Moon Shaped Pool Pana-vision, Thin Thing and ESPECIALLY Bodies Laughing (Unreleased, played live during this tour) sound like they are In Rainbows B-sides. Now that you mention it, this really does sound like an acoustic song off TKOL, I can hear it.

[@k-leb4671]

@@AyyyGabagool Open the Floodgates to me sounds like Codex. I reckon it could've been a quiet song on tKoL. It was written around the sound time too.

[@ARadioheadDeepDive]

@@k-leb4671 Yeah it is so Codex, even down to the lyric!

[@stephencalvird7276]

LOOOOOOK AT ALLLLLLL THE PRETTTTTYYYYYY LIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSS

[@sudanbewaobdedebo]

This has to be heard on a good set of headphones 🎧 It sounds 10 times better, if that is even possible. You here Thom's voice layers and all Johnny's fabulous guitar riffs, intricately. A bit like looking at a beautiful painting and getting more joy every time you hear it!!!

[@Chaziltasm]

It's actually Thom playing guitar on this one. Jonny is on bass.

[@MrOhioutod]

People aren't giving Tom Skinner enough credit! Guy's not only a fantastic jazz drummer, he's been a producer and fixture in the London underground scene for seriously like 20 years. In fact, if you pay attention, a lot of band materials (i.e. posters) put his name first! I think a lot of people are acting like this is Thom and Johnny with some drummer who happens to be good, but Skinner is way more than that.

[@k-leb4671]

Honestly, I kinda wish Tom Skinner was the drummer of Radiohead all this time after hearing his chops in The Smile.

[@mathewmaccenzie5006]

i think the smile is the scariest, most nightmarish thing they ve done so far. Climbing up the walls, 2 + 2 = 5. Here we have pana vision, the same, hairdryer, thin thing, white flag and the list goes on. I feel the fear and i love it.

[@TheChasedanger]

This song reminds me a lot of the clock actually

[@StonepostInstitute]

‘We’re not scaremongering’, etc.

[@luispinheirodosmontes7219]

Definitely, and I have the feeling we haven't seen anything half of what Thom Yorke still has fo give us....

[@Ominous89]

There is still more to come from The Smile. There was this mysterious snippett of a song in Peaky Blinders, also from The Smile. It's not been released yet. And I kinda 'fear' the day it finally comes out. Because I know, from what I've heard, that song is going to tear me down.

[@precessionoftheequinoxes3224]

Climbing up the walls is a pure classic!

[@reynross]

They are gods pure and simple! Thom is definitely not from this world or he's on his hundredth reincarnation...just otherworldly.

[@em1681]

i saw the smile live in Stockholm yesterday and it was such an experience!!!! Jonny playing the guitar with a bow and later also playing the harp and the piano AT THE SAME TIME!!! Radiohead and The Smile are honestly the most phenomenal bands right now in my opinion. And Thom Yorke is truly a genius, I’ve never seen so much talent in songwriting before.

[@WAVEFUNCTION_TV]

I agree.. Thom is actually better live which is a rare quality. I never miss a chance to see him. I saw radioed atoms for peace and tomorrow's modern boxes all of which were amazing. Can't wait to see this

[@luispinheirodosmontes7219]

Totally agree, saw them last friday in Amsterdam and I'm soo happy I managed to buy an overpriced ticket on the "black market" because it was very likely the best concert of my 45 yr old life. This album played life, with the sound quality that they arranged and all the "extras" that you mencioned, Jonny playing the harp and whole commitment that these guys still put in a life concert after all these years, its just mindblowing. Its a bit corny but I really feel privileged to be an "all things about Thom Yorke" fan. This guy single handed made me realize that its ok to be "different" in my most important and fragil stage in my life...my teenager years and now after 30 yrs he's still there very much present like a very trusted and reliable friend. Amazing stull...happy days 🙏

[@em1681]

@@luispinheirodosmontes7219 right, i feel so lucky to have gotten to see them perform live. Yet, something that bothers me a bit, is that i wish i could’ve been born early enough to be able to see radiohead become radiohead and like be a part of their younger lives and all that. But since I’m 16 I lost that opportunity. I do have the luck of growing up in an online world though, which gives me the possibility to watch old interviews and old concerts and stuff like that. Overall im just really happy i discovered them while they are still touring and releasing new music. I feel so so lucky to live in the same timeline as radiohead.

[@NielsKastelijn]

I have to agree on that! I've seen Radiohead live 10 times, and gonna see The Smile live at TW Classic (June 25th). I feel almost ashamed that I haven't discovered them before their release of OK Computer 😕. Such great musicians and they keep on going to renew themselves.

[@TechnicJunglist]

Brilliant. I can't wait for the Boston show.

[@davidschlenstedt289]

One of the best records of the year so far. Pure art - visual and for my ears. ❤️

[@cardiovas.curder]

thom yorke is a gift that keeps giving

[@Iam_diny]

Gun light gun light

[@cardiovas.curder]

@@Iam_diny tf?

[@Iam_diny]

I'm keep the smile🙂😘

[@Iam_diny]

I love you thom yorke♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@cardiovas.curder]

@@Iam_diny nice1 ....

[@Alexandre10guitar]

This one gives me a lot of vibes from The King of Limbs

[@THEBESTGAMEVIDEOS-Adramelech]

its a very similar guitar tone to little by little

[@WiseRiley]

favorite track from live shows and the album, so rhythmic and energetic yet so gentle, love it! 🙏🏻

[@Iam_diny]

Thank you so much😘😘😘😘

[@HungryTacoBoy]

Thank goodness for The Smile (Yorke, Greenword, and Skinner) for creating music that makes you feel a lot of emotions at once.

[@whyisntitpossible404]

Thank you for clarifying that The Smile does in fact, consist of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner

[@robertdimauro7999]

This track and “Thin Thing” are absolute masterpieces. Thom and Johnny still crankin out the jams

[@michaeloxborrow628]

An incredible drumming talent!

[@KFSigel]

A Hairdryer is my fav song

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

These songs are incredibly played and composed but they can’t seem to escape a very odd landscape of depression and confusion. I keep waiting for them to go somewhere but they are not ascending. Just going deeper into a really beautifully crafted hole.

[@rs6000_]

My favourite kind of art is the kind that makes you feel worse

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

@@rs6000_ Notes From Underground is my favorite book and perhaps the most existentially dismal piece of literature you’ll find, but it is equally hopeful. Somehow in the truth of that wretchedness, catharsis is found. When something doesn’t go anywhere, it’s void of soul. That’s how I’m experiencing these songs, not spiritually engaging.

[@gw8813]

That's such an interesting take! I'd never thought of their music that way. Would you say Bjork's music has that quality you're looking for? Or the band Battles? Or Floating Points (Movement 6)?

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

@@gw8813 I’m not looking for anything it’s just odd when something so beautifully crafted lacks meaning and flavor. A good piece of work guides you and you go with it. I’m really trying to like this band but we’re not going anywhere except deeper into despair. I think the artists are bored.

[@96elixx]

Interesting take on it. I think that music, as every art form, is a potential carrier for emotions, thoughts and expressions the listener want or need to feel, think and live. I found these songs deeply cathartic, made me cry multiple times and made me realise deep truths about myself and the life situations i was and am in. you found them a beautifully packaged lack of emotions. both are equally valid and true. I think this is what makes music and art in general such a powerful yet incontrollable force of nature. maybe one day you will find some new truth and meaning in these songs, as I did with music I initially didn't really like. ☀️✌🏼

[@hylasgeist1568]

I hear shades of 'where bluebirds fly' in those vocals...a song I also love...but Thom has improved on that blueprint...these vocals are absolutely spellbinding. my favourite song on the album...so far

[@Lellos_]

Shame on you, blue-eyed fox Shame on you, blowing hum Making holes, shame on you Flying south for the sun (sitting on his hand) In a while, crocodile (you're sitting on his hands) Shame on you, blue-eyed fox (blurring his whereabouts) A slipping shroud, way up loud (blaming everybody else) Blowing hum, making holes (a hairdryer) Truly seen, truly you (blaming everybody else) Flying south for the sun (a slipping shroud) In a while, crocodile (way up loud) Come, soft night Come, soft night And pull me apart Open my eyes Open my eyes And pull me apart Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes us time) Look at all the pretty lights (to get somewhere) Look at all the pretty lights (it takes some time) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time) Look at all the pretty lights (to get somewhere) Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes some time) Look at all the pretty lights (to get somewhere) Look at all the pretty lights (it takes some time) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights

[@stephen300o6]

Look at all the pretty lies

[@Lellos_]

@@stephen300o6 Not sure. They made a livestream back in 2021 where they played this song and the caption was "look at all the pretty lights". Maybe they changed it afterwards, but I can hear it both ways, so I'll stick to the one that's kinda confirmed for now...

[@usz1444]

it's 100% 'lights' and it's a reference to the album title

[@suzycat2026]

Lyrics much appreciated @@Lellos_ 🙏😻

[@MM------]

i wonder why they changed the title

[@tasteinmusic3510]

Thom in drop C is always special. Reminds me of These are my twisted words.

[@Iam_diny]

Happy b'day thom yorke🎉

[@eedoan]

I love the visuals of every single one of these videos

[@jointmusiq]

Just done a video essay on the bands latest album! What a cool project am I right?

[@louieb2563]

respect

[@santiagosanguino6076]

Send it

[@jointmusiq]

@@santiagosanguino6076 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX7HgmyAqsmreNk

[@elvisomonuwa6730]

ok...and?

[@Radlee.]

This song in particular... struck hard.

[@WAVEFUNCTION_TV]

I'm getting all kinds of ads about teeth related stuff bc I'm searching the smile a lot. Silly algorithm

[@ashtonnewmanphotography7824]

😂

[@Iam_diny]

I can't see the smile🙂

[@thedefiant4196]

Chills...just chills! ❤️

[@floydsvintageguitargear4721]

My favorite so far. Amazing work

[@vanessabible4973]

2:42 is everything.

[@Iam_diny]

I love you thom yorke♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@BladeDoomer86]

Such a great album... Truly an amazing mix of Yorke's genius and Johnny's raw talent.. Add to that those great drum patterns, et voilà

[@lucen8291]

fav song of the album

[@davidgerard4369]

Anyone who doesn't see the aural connection between The Smile and Radiohead needs to re-listen to "King of Limbs" and "Moon Shaped Pool."

[@Iam_diny]

Iam_thesmile🙂

[@rs-fg9bb]

i just love this song so much

[@mintymay5892]

It's too bad that I enjoy these guys' music but they always instill me with with such a sense of guilt that I can barely take it. Sometimes I wonder if I'm going schizophrenic based on the hectic nature of the internet and the consistently terrifying metaphysical ideas that try to burn themselves into my head, I keep trying to empty it all out to stay in touch with reality, live my life in a way that's honest, empathetic and ideally inspiring, but so much of what I listen to in an attempt to find answers or new inspiration for art isn't just eerie, it's frighteningly accusatory. Love your music though, obviously. It's beautiful.

[@noot007]

Thanks for sharing this, life is madness.

[@noot007]

Also your art is cool

[@makkietakkie]

Thank you for the honesty, you nailed it. I've been thinking about similar things lately.

[@mintymay5892]

@@noot007 Oh my God, thank you so much! Haha, I honestly did not expect any replies! :D

[@TheChasedanger]

This song reminds me of the clock; this could easily be a more acoustic song on the eraser, but I feel this is a more dramatic and powerful song than what was featured there.

[@Cle44139]

Thank You - Thank You - Ive been waiting on this one... Masterfully done, as always

[@calcariachimera]

Don't hate me for saying this but I'm starting to listen to the Smile more than Radiohead now, I never thought I'd say that about Radiohead, its the song "read the room" that has changed me, man I love this band

[@palebelew]

This one is my favorite. It’s beautiful. Every moment unfolding is perfect. Thank you gentlemen so much for your Art! 🙏💙

[@niellspulsar]

They are on another frequency!

[@dongonzulman6478]

i absolutely love this band, please please make more albums

[@THEBESTGAMEVIDEOS-Adramelech]

they are currently writing new songs as they're touring so I'm sure a new album is coming soon!

[@sudanbewaobdedebo]

Thom & Johnny just keep moving and improving, all the time. Such a joy to my ears and soul. Thank you guys. You make life worth living!!

[@spatulawithcurd5051]

top three on the album along with Pana-Vision and The Same

[@Cakin]

I love this one especially

[@glitterghost]

criminal that this doesnt have at least 1m views

[@catythatzall4now]

Im gonna figure out how to put parts of this album and parts of WE in a mix. Thom, you help me, my whole heart , and mind and spirit as I watch you handle all we have known the last thirty years, watching the world not listen - and yet you do not fold - you are tenacious and perseverant- you are ever important to me and millions of others, For your music. You mean the world to me as your mind is my most cherished artist musically, Philosophically, poetically- my eternal gratitude always Catelyst11

[@turac7186]

@@purppflames i think they referenting the new Arcade Fire album WE

[@milenitaeu]

How can it be so beautiful?

[@karlrobottom9973]

Sounds like a lost demo from TKOL. Recorded at 3am in the attic of an abandoned mansion near Stonehenge. Or something like that.

[@ilsk8in94]

“Look at all the pretty lights”

[@Teeheehee093]

King of Limbs vibes from this one

[@suzycat2026]

I'm really liking this new band The Smile 😃 Not a happy Smile , the type you make to hide a grimace.😬 This song, it takes me Flying South, I wish I could, like the Ospreys do for Winter, then return, from Africa in Spring to British trees. 🌳 A new generation is hatching now. 🦅 Thom Yorke brings us closer to the Universal Truth with every measured word & note. We are one.❤ Love to all you human beings.x 😻☯️

[@stephenreie9847]

Same 👍

[@diegomissaci8019]

It really sounds like Atoms for Peace, which is also such a great thing!

[@jackpres6207]

Thom è un industria musicale

[@Chebotino]

Que hermosura de canción

[@josephguzman4737]

Guitar riffs : variation of little by little Drum pattern: variation of good morning mr mag pie. Definitely KOTL vibes but just outside to be fresh and unique. Great tune!

[@lerizzler]

fr its pretty much Little by Little pt. 2 The whole album is tkol part 2

[@Goffs20]

Absolutely amazing 👏

[@b-Rad19]

This is amazing ole thom right here

[@k_a_ivaschenko]

Amazing Work! Please, Keep on Going. My Beloved Ones!

[@jorgealexanderfiguereo7230]

My fave cut from this record. On a side note, I'd like to use this song for a future movie scene. (If I can afford it😭😭😭)

[@vectorjeldes]

These Are My Twisted Words pt. 2

[@lerizzler]

little by little pt. 2

[@jumpedintheriverwhatdidise5499]

This took a few listens but when it hit damn is it good

[@karlaw90]

And this is how they beautifully evolved into something new

[@entertherealmofchaos]

Enjoyed that 👌

[@jimday7481]

The more i hear from this album the more i hear a rapid pace guitar driven jazz sound.

[@skywardstargaze1768]

This gives me heavy TKOL vibes. I like it.

[@thecreature615]

it feels like a mix of little by little and these are my twisted words

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

And here's another one... Great song.

[@424manolo242]

r e p t i l i c

[@anorakb536]

I don't know about you guys but for me this song is vibe material

[@PatoNani18]

When Thom says look at all the pretty lights like that you better be looking at all the pretty lights!

[@louieb2563]

lloook t al the pretty lighttsss

[@tomweast844]

brilliant

[@florismeijer1503]

I love this so much, also that they bring out music so often. It's like OK computer, but new. And now I'm old enough to really enjoy all of it

[@jasonsteel2521]

Oh my god finally

[@szonky5366]

look at all the pretty lights :3 (x15)

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

Jonny and Tom, not Jonny and Thom but Jonny and Tom, the new drummer, are magic here on this song.

[@SymonSumanHead]

Shame on you Blue-eyed fox Shame on you Blowing horns Making holes Shame on you Flying south (sitting on his hands) For the sun In a while (sitting on his hands) Crocodile Shame on you (plotting his way down) Blue-eyed fox Slipping shroud (blaming everybody else) Way up loud Blowing horns (plotting his way down) Making holes Truly seen (blaming everybody else) Truly you Flying south (slipping shroud) For the sun In a while (way up loud) Crocodile Gone soft now Gone soft now And pull me apart Open my eyes Open my eyes And pull me apart Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time to get somewhere) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time to get somewhere) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time to get somewhere) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights (it takes me time) Look at all the pretty lights Look at all the pretty lights ❤️❤️❤️lots of love❤️❤️❤️💞💞

[@JenniferSmith247]

I thought it was pretty lies on first listen. Thanks for posting.

[@user-gm2oi1bv6n]

please come to japan!

[@fraffi7060]

Beautiful💕

[@Forthform]

My impressions of this album: "For some reason I'm trying not to like it as much as I do." IDK if its some dumb loyalty to Radiohead as a full unit or what, but as a side project (is it tho?) this is awfully good. Loving Tom Skinners stick work.

[@Chaziltasm]

This gives me like... These are my Twisted Words mixed with I Might be Wrong, in terms of guitar tone.

[@ajhoncantara]

Incredible.

[@lerizzler]

Lyrics: Turned so nasty now The dark cell The pillar of my soul The last one out of the box The one who broke the spell Little by little by hook or by crook I'm such a tease and you're such a flirt Once you've been around you've been around enough Little by little by hook or by crook Never living earnest, never get judged I'm no idiot, I should look Your clue on hold, the flag and pole I'm curling with my love The last one out of the box The one who broke the seal Obligations Complications Routines and schedules A job that's killing you Killing you Little by little by hook or by crook Never living earnest, never get judged I don't know where it is I should look Little by little by hook or by crook I am such a tease, and you're such a flirt

[@KFSigel]

pleaseeeeee come to Mexico

[@waxtoad8695]

Good track guys !

[@JenniferSmith247]

It’s a Radiohead album without Ed, Phil and Colin and I’m good with that.

[@GoogleVideoMan]

I wish mix tapes still existed, imagine the ones people could share.

[@hylasgeist1568]

they do still exist. it's totally do-able if you want to

[@Blazouf33]

Sublime !!

[@seriousbe]

Reminds me of Kid A album, and particularly of Optimistic..

[@faustarrp]

obsessed

[@Halochoker]

top 5 thom i think

[@freelancefogy2638]

It's illegal to still be this early.

[@Smartian44]

Vessels also have similar sound album heliescope

[@marwa_7385]

Khoya i love this...

[@niko-hl4rv]

Wow

[@danielc6991]

I think Thom has been listening to some Mahler

[@GoviaM]

the smile are one of the bands of all time

[@benhenschel145]

Yes they are a band.

[@mattfisher401]

​@@benhenschel145 they are one of the bands.

[@avibank]

Dam this is an instant classic

[@vanillatwilight5291]

Idk why this album reminded me of An Awesome Wave by ALT J lol.... I'm glad this album isn't just Radiohead 2....