The Smile - Read The Room

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Artwork by Stanley Donwood
Animation by Sabrina Nichols
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[@artem1ism]

For me, it's a best track on "Wall of Eyes" from beginning till the end. Under Pillows and Wall of Eys also really good tracks.

[@Meneervdberg]

Yes, those 3 and the beginning of Bending Hectic.

[@hueyfreeman818]

What about Teleharmonic??

[@Meneervdberg]

@@hueyfreeman818 Growing on me! This album might be the best of the decade so far.

[@rjensen2586]

I literally cannot decide

[@meryville13]

I love this one, no Radiohead or Thom's solo project's shadow. Thom's passive-aggressive tone at the beginning, followed by that sweet break prior to release his voice at the bridge and outro. I'm in love, I gotta say ❤

[@theorangeoof926]

3:12 Fun Fact: This part here was originally it's own song called "Flanger" that was just incorporated into Read the Room as a second act.

[@89.]

fun fact the part at 2:12 makes the entire song and honestly as much as I love this song if that part wasnt there this song would be mediocre

[@milolawrence642]

​@@89. Very bowieesque

[@VernonMaxwellsfriend]

​@milolawrence642 that intro reminds me of so many classic rock bands. I can't put my finger on what song exactly that guitar rift reminds me of tho.

[@calcariachimera]

Awesome!

[@dima_bro__1591]

Whole "wall of eyes" album made my day. This song is crazy!

[@AceDaLoaf]

Your day? It’s made my month, even my year!

[@Warp75]

Best track off the album.

[@The_Stanman]

100%

[@cozm8]

110% ;)

[@oliversoffge9441]

Die not yet hear the entire album, but yes...must be!

[@colloquially]

autechre profile pic W

[@Fer-gn8ts]

I Quit

[@Killadey]

Thom is a legit great bass player, his playing on this is fuckin classy.

[@Pimpame]

Very underrated

[@89.]

thom plays the bass on almost every song this album - so sick!

[@gameofadages6847]

My god that Phrygian dominant sounding lullaby he plays at the Come on Honey Read the Room part is so gorgeous

[@ieatstarsforfun3648]

my brother has been listening to this very often, he says it's the best song in the universe and I do agree.

[@hughferguson4021]

Agreed

[@hughferguson4021]

Agreed

[@flynn3065]

And when the time is right And when the end has come Maybe you can't, maybe you can't be arsed (Can't be arsed) For half a million (For half a million) That's your opinion That's how your story goes A magic rain-, a magic rainbow (A magic rainbow) So big, it bends the light high, high You know it takes away It takes the fun out Maybe I can't, maybe I can't be arsed This crashing currency These kind of phone calls (These kind of phone calls) These candy aerosols These massive e-, these massive egos So big, they bend the light high, high Who knows what it wants from me? This goes where it wants to be Honey for the honey bee But I am gonna count to three Keep this shit away from me Honestly? Maybe you should read the room What on earth? Come on, honey, read the room Who knows what it wants from me? This goes where it wants to be Honey for the honey bee But I am gonna count to three Keep that shit away from me Come on out Come on out We know You're in there We know You're in there Everybody thinks so Everybody thinks so Everybody thinks so

[@user-ty9ho4ct4k]

Watching these videos get posted is like watching music history unfold right before your eyes. Insomnia has its advantages.

[@ethereal.023]

So does working nightshifts😂🤝

[@roboj]

goes from Larks Tongues Starless Crimson to Kinks Village Green to Sonic Youth jazzmaster-basher heaven. i'm dead. absolutely bloody brilliant

[@SlummingItWithScotty]

Pure Sonic Youth at the outro and I love it!

[@roboj]

@@SlummingItWithScotty i live for that sonic youth vibe. bless.

[@keithmanning7521]

Via Pavement

[@damienlott]

If you write a 4/4 song you're fired from The Smile

[@OpiumPoppii]

Thom & Jonny are saving all the 4/4 songs for Radiohead, I hope

[@palapadadouwa807]

Like in The Good, the Bad, and the Queen; From Blur or Gorillaz then 😂🍷

[@EvTrev11]

The absolute cheek of you guys to just keep putting out totally solid music

[@crusstyrat]

BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM

[@pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl7414]

This buzzing guitar reminds me Robert Fripp so much

[@norriechristie694]

Alot of this seems early Eno, but just so glad they never had to ask him to produce; they have IT in spades!

[@gordonfreeman7738]

Fracture

[@theobscurust7577]

This track is my favorite of the album. First time I heard this I couldn’t decide if I wanted to burst with joy or sit in utter silence and be overwhelmed. Fucking amazing fellas!! Great album . Always putting out quality material. Keep on creating ✌️

[@kaioo1658]

4:37 reminds me of body snatchers when it goes into the break and followed by the lyrics shortly after that go "Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone out for me" man these guys continue top deliver gems

[@bygoditsfullofstars]

I feel so incredibly on edge. And I am loving it.

[@KayJblue]

the internet has ruined that word for me

[@maximmm5462]

​@@KayJblue internet has blown many subjects of our lives

[@actuallythepie]

edging me too for sure.

[@floooobzdagget3734]

Imagine being at this stage of your career and putting out face-melting, spine tingling, intense psychedelic music like this?!?! Amazing!

[@user-nl4xp7hh9d]

That 11\8 blew my mind. Thank you for your art activity. Please don't stop.

[@The-Musicians-Edge]

Don't forget about the 11/4 at the end! they came armed with the 11 theme on this one. so damn good

[@i_likebeing_home8733]

gotta love this time signatures 😂

[@spelunkymonke]

So far, my favourite track from the album. This song is so mesmerizing, and it does not allow you to not pay attention👌

[@sudanbewaobdedebo]

I honestly think that 'Bending Hectic' is their Masterpiece ❤

[@mrplastico7867]

Agreed. The changes in tempo and structure makes it awesome.

[@suzycat2026]

This is some hypnotic psychedelic 60's inspired taking in this weird dystopian World.😮 Loved the live version , hearing echoes from Burn the Witch & other greats, miraculous musicianship with Thoms soaring voice giving us a blast of the absurdity of Life experience .❤

[@Spidey800]

My favourite song on the album

[@leonhaven6262]

This track is crazy good. On par with some of the best tracks Radiohead ever released. This band isn't just a side project.

[@MattG-wp8ub]

Agreed.

[@mahsaasgari1466]

Their music does something to me and always remains indescribable.

[@oliversoffge9441]

This Song definetly does🤩

[@AceDaLoaf]

If this song doesn’t become one of their most known tracks, I’ll eat my hat. I hope this doesn’t turn out like Bangers and Mash, where it slaps yet is criminally underrated. Anyways, I love this so much. Clearly the best, hardest hitting track from this album. The softer valleys between the crushing peaks (example: 1:41) before it picks back up (2:11) are just so good. And Thom’s voice….unraveling like he had done for decades. Seriously, one of the top 10 tracks I’ve heard ever, and this is just on first listen. Also, much appreciation on 3:15 for solidifying my point on the possibility of this turning out like Bangers and Mash! Sounds a bit like it lol.

[@CaspianMagal-tp8tv]

Ha I think even if it’s underrated the lack of fame for the specific song will not undermine its greatness.

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

That dreamy krautrock section from 3:12 to finish also reminds me quite a bit of the King Gizzard album Laminated Denim, because it sounds kind of like the album's first track. I recommend you give that record a try, if you're looking for something that sounds similar.

[@AceDaLoaf]

@@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435 Thank you for the suggestion! I’ll give it a listen.

[@lifemusic1980]

It's like Christmas 😊

[@mrplastico7867]

Merry Christmas!

[@user-jd5no5ij6t]

@@mrplastico7867 You Filthy Animal

[@paulcalabro5238]

So good, still at the top of their game.

[@southsideman4891]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW THEY KEEP SUCH INNOVATION FOR SO LONG?!!!!!

[@smirkingshark]

Real king crimson prog vibes from this!!

[@barcelomrozovic1625]

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way 😅

[@cosmiclounge]

Yes: baroque.

[@kisawisa1769]

They've gotten away with more than almost any other band out there without being grouped into prog. This is insanely beautiful.

[@acsone3546]

I hear more Revolver Beatles, yet I seem to be the only person I have encountered to think so yet. Put this against Im Only Sleeping or She Said She Said and it’s just a modern take

[@peteowen3539]

Yes! Larks Tongues in Aspic Pt 2 and Dinosaur.

[@MDE128]

I love the drums in this.

[@uterusjones]

this song rocks hard af

[@samhenryNL]

I feel stuff coming together in a best of both worlds, in this case Bangers & Mash and I Might Be Wrong.

[@DeepGrooveStation]

So far, my favourite track from the album. This song is so mesmerizing, and it does not allow you to not pay attention

[@thecypherworks]

Greatest living songwriter hands down

[@raphaelleclercq7836]

hey this is really great but you can't surely believe that right ?

[@raphaelleclercq7836]

the OG's of prog are still alive (well most of them) so every influence this song as taken as already an history and expertise to it that other have explored

[@affalaffaa]

@@raphaelleclercq7836 I'm guessing they're possibly alluding to the depth of Yorkes catalogue over the decades. Hard to argue that, for me.

[@NinjaShadow47]

​@@raphaelleclercq7836fine, *one* of the greatest

[@neilanderson6280]

@@raphaelleclercq7836name someone better… given Yorkes body of work … I can’t

[@citizeninsane8575]

Best ending to a Smile song. One of the best endings to a Radiohead-adjacent song all together imo

[@84daybreak]

2 back to back great albums from the smile. I just cant help but to....

[@nicolasm691]

An instant classic. What a band, what an album. Their debut and this one made me compose music again, after a nearly 10 year pause. It's insane how complex, hauntingly beautiful they have become. They are constantly reinventing themselves, always finding something new, fresh, daring. Thank you gentlemen, for everything you've done.

[@Toasdio]

THIS IS SO COOL, the music is built in 11/4!!! Knew there was something happening there...

[@kaylamanor]

Wow

[@neilanderson6280]

The whole album is an example of what music can be … and should be

[@conemedemelee20]

Every song of Wall of Eyes theres someone that say something like "This is the best track of the album"... Every Song it's beautiful for a difrent kind of person. But the hole album its magnificent.

[@parisalonso208]

Best track by far

[@batz772]

My fellow Radiohead fans. We're seeing another radiohead-like band rise up, right from the beginning!

[@1980thefallguy]

I think Thom n the gang have certainly imbibed the pyschoactive goodness. And it shows. Stupendous music and art.

[@dovesfan1]

This is so good. That melody kills me man. The comments here are great. Radiohead fans are the best.

[@tiffanytannahill9345]

Excellent. Thank you for this track. Real dang good.

[@starmapsllc]

That low note! I've been anticipating this since seeing it live and honestly, they knocked it out of the park with the studio version.

[@barryjones2638]

The ending to this song reminds me of Pablo Honey/The Bends era Radiohead. It’s nice that they might be revisiting their roots and finding inspiration in them. I love it!!!

[@AlexDainese]

It's The Flanger

[@Chaziltasm]

Half way through, this song turns into a 2000's era, Sonic Nurse, Murray St. Rather Ripped, Sonic Youth track. Love it

[@NovaLovebright777]

This is beautiful this is everything I ever wanted Tom York and Johnny greenwood have done it again they have mastered the masterpiece of Music in the form musicians for the form of musicians💯⚡😊

[@nonokbh]

Appréciez le moment où vous entendez un chef d'oeuvre pour la première et dernière fois.

[@MartyMankins]

So far, this is my favorite song on "Wall Of Eyes". the entire album is a gem.

[@user-fw5ce4dm6p]

Сильный альбом!!! Очень жаль,что я никогда не побываю на концерте..😢

[@pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl7414]

Понимаю (

[@igorlobanov5031]

Да ладно вам! Побываете.

[@Forthform]

Jonny is a gotdamn menace...

[@dreamtree1510]

It's awesome to hear Jonny can still write amazing art/prog rock songs like this and Bending Hectic after he's spent so much time with electronics and orchestras (of which his work has been equally impressive).

[@kgipe]

I thought Thom promised this wouldn't be Prog. I'm pretty sure this is Prog - and it is fantastic. Incidentally... Radiohead and King Gizzard are two of my very favorite bands. This song sounds very much like a Radiohead/King Gizz mashup to me.

[@kbj8967]

What a tune .. :) Just smile on my face.

[@dannyghent9087]

Brilliant!!!!!!

[@ShannonDavis-ml3mw]

This is fantastic!

[@Lia-ct1jb]

so fun!

[@sudanbewaobdedebo]

Brilliant track from a brilliant album!! In my humble opinion, 'Bending Hectic' is their MASTERPIECE!! But I can honestly say that every song that Thom Yorke sings is nothing short of Amazing 🎉

[@marianpenaflor4913]

My favorite song from this album!

[@pablo_lopez13]

The best of the album 🔥

[@AyyyGabagool]

This song is the entire reason this album slaps

[@MissDosey]

I am just in awe and full of happiness truly beautiful in every aspect 💕

[@oksanayuvko1504]

so amazing song! gets under my skin, what a feeling… thank you.

[@peteowen3539]

If this had been released under the Radiohead banner it’d have a million plus views already.

[@Shadowfynx]

Love the album!

[@jp3622]

What a tune , best track by far. Can’t believe the boys can produce another unique sound and track. Blew me away. BANGER !!

[@fordefredoom4204]

4/4 goes to 5/4 when he sing "reaad the rooouum" blowing

[@emptycasing]

Fav song off album! Love this band and thankful for them!

[@michaelistoma8356]

Masterpiece

[@antonio361973]

Esta canción está a otro nivel...tremenda.

[@saltzaar]

This song is so fascinating! It gives me strong 90s & early radiohead vibes but then flashes some modern tones in a way that it feels like travelling back and forth through time. Such a mind-blowing song!

[@pinecubes]

this song is incredible studio and live, im amazed at the creativity of expression this band have achieved already

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

Very few other than Jonny and Thom could make an album almost completely different from the previous one, but at the same A++ level.

[@jeff-onedayatatime.2870]

The first Smile album was like In Rainbows or A Moon Shaped Pool. It grabbed you from the start and never let go. This album is more subtle. My first two times thru I was unimpressed, because I was expecting to be blown away like the first album. If it was not Jonny and Thom I might not have listened the third time. But by the fourth time, it was like listening to Bach when every time you listen you hear something new. I am now on maybe my 10th time through. :)

[@jeffmunkynutz1568]

The smile drops, yet i smile. Nice one lads.

[@mattwhite8904]

oh this is beautiful. Well done :)

[@Knickerboxer]

Best track on the album by far!!!

[@IreneCAbry]

definitely one of my favorite songs of 2024 so far

[@zbubs7784i]

Listening for the fifth time now, not to sound like everyone else, but it’s true for me too. At first you listen, think this is alright. Then it rewrites your brain. Then you come back and think I’ve been craving this.

[@Matthieu1983]

❤most 90's song ever insane

[@Itiodzone]

Excellente ! ❤ ID

[@alexanderchamanmah9904]

This and other moments on WALL OF EYES bringing to life the idea of Jonny Greenwood joining Mastodon

[@lsweed]

I love the last part of this song. It sounds like breaking out of some restraining situation and feeling freedom at last...

[@WiseRiley]

my fav from all the live shows! energy caught perfectly on here, very powerful start to finish yet so fragile, amazing work 👏👏

[@thewrongbadman7308]

awesome

[@riahlexington]

I was waiting for this one since I saw them live last July and it did not disappoint.

[@growingmelancholy8374]

Reminds me of backstreet boys' early work.

[@wereoursouls3472]

With a hint of nsync

[@growingmelancholy8374]

The more I listen, the more I'm getting a late O-Town vibe @@wereoursouls3472

[@mitz9587]

😂❤❤❤❤❤ blown way away

[@sawtoothiandi]

This song makes me happy..

[@finfrances]

i must learn thine guitar mastery. mine guitar shalt not sound this good, but it shalt be blessed with this riff

[@imslicc]

you shalt buy a ribbon microphone

[@finfrances]

@@imslicc my bank account shalt be emptied

[@actuallythepie]

they used a ribbon for this record?@@imslicc

[@imslicc]

@@finfrancesit's far more costly to wait a decade for a good guitar tone. spare yourself from owning bad sounding equipment, it's a glass ceiling of amateurism. it doesn't mean it has to be expensive. do you research, and find something cost efficient.

[@finfrances]

@@imslicc haha, alright

[@joselomanta]

este tema es hermosamente hipnótico

[@oliversoffge9441]

Do I really need to buy their 2nd album...? Oh yes, I need to! Even if this would be the only Track on it

[@RustinChole]

Definitely get the album - it works best as an album. The songs on their own are phenomenal, but in the context of the record, it’s awe inspiring.

[@Daneiladams555]

Oh my this 🎉

[@josedecabo1]

this song insane

[@richardgleichmann7671]

Just saw the vid for Friend of a Friend.. Its really good too.. 🎶 👍

[@ruls4485]

🔥🔥🔥

[@umutcancagatay6057]

Every detail in this song is so sensational.. Soo goood!!! Hits hard🔥🔥🔥

[@jv.xavier7434]

"She's so HEEEAAAAVVYYYY!!!!"

[@MrKlaymanTom]

Woah! I was just thinking how the last chapter of ‘Bending Hectic’ gave me ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ vibes! Love this track too tho

[@dylanzurawell9381]

This, though before I saw your comment it was giving me much more When the Levee Breaks feelings. The driving beat/bass just makes me want to drive 120 mph

[@zbubs7784i]

Groovin

[@MusicAndPhotosbyPablo]

I was loving all the previously released ones, but I kept saying: "Where's the more-twisted stuff?"

[@connynini]

gets under my skin, what a feeling… terrific artworks/animation of all the latest releases as well

[@lauracooskey9481]

Agreed! But do you know anything about the artwork in all these Wall of Eyes videos (except title track and Friend of a Friend)? Did one of them, or a close friend, do it? Is it all CGI? Am i weird to see what i am seeing in these moving Rorschach blots? I couldn't find anything about them in a (probably lazy) search.

[@connynini]

@@lauracooskey9481 you find it in the description of all the video's :) Artwork by Stanley Donwood (longtime partner in crime, made almost all the album covers/artwork of Radiohead and now The Smile) Animation by Sabrina Nichols

[@lauracooskey9481]

@@connynini Thank you! I saw the name Stanley Donwood in the description under the video just after i posted my question to you... thanks for adding what you know about him! A trippy world he creates! Was it just me, though, or are the white pointy-headed things with eyes too spooky, like Klansmen? Maybe everyone sees something different there.