The Smile shares new single “Bodies Laughing,” the track is off the trio’s forthcoming album Cutouts, available October 4th via XL Recordings. The track follows singles tracks “Foreign Spies”, “Zero Sum”, “Don’t Get Me Started”, and “The Slip”, the latter two of which were released via a limited edition 2-track 12-inch.

The band will release a brand-new, Weirdcore directed video for “Instant Psalm” on October 4, in line with the album’s release. The video is available to watch from 12pm BST on Friday, October 4th. The Smile are also previewing new material this week, with a series of ‘Through The Glass’ events in NYC and London. Taking place from October 1, the events include exclusive visuals from Weirdcore and codes to unlock album tracks before Friday’s release.

The Smile – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner – debuted several songs from Cutouts during The Smile’s UK tour in March. Cutouts features 10 new-tracks and is produced by Sam Petts-Davies. It’s the band’s third studio album following Wall of Eyes, released in January, and the trio’s 2022 debut album A Light For Attracting Attention. Cutouts was recorded in Oxford and at Abbey Road Studios during the same period of time as Wall Of Eyes. The album features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra and the album art was painted during the recording process by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke.

Along with the Smile, Thom Yorke released the original score for Daniele Luchetti’s film Confidenza and will soon begin solo tour dates in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Japan, Jonny Greenwood debuted a new work, ‘X Years of Reverb’ at the 268 year old Octagon Chapel in Norwich, and is writing the score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming film, The Battle of Baktan Cross. Tom Skinner released Voices of Bishara Live at “mu” and is touring the jazz circuit to perform his own solo music.

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