The Smile have dropped new single “Friend Of A Friend,” the track is off the trio’s forthcoming album Wall Of Eyes, and has been featured during the band’s 2022/2023 tour, the studio version features strings from the London Contemporary Orchestra and saxophone from Robert Stillman. The video for Friend Of A Friend, by motion picture director Paul Thomas Anderson will be premiered alongside a surround sound album playback of Wall Of Eyes at a series of one-off events hosted at independent cinemas between January 18-25.

The Smile also announce new European headline dates in June and August 2024 to add to their near sold-out run in March. Cities include Hamburg, Berlin, Prague and Rome. New dates are listed below, tickets go on sale January 12th.

The events, titled Wall Of Eyes, On Film will celebrate the new album and the band’s collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson. It will take place at 12 cinemas from Sydney to Mexico City. The events comprise:

 Wall Of Eyes album playback in its entirety, for the first and only time with surround sound and accompanying never-before-seen footage of the album’s recording sessions.

 The world film premiere of Friend Of A Friend and a presentation of Wall Of Eyes, both directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and shot on 35mm film*

 A programme looking back over Paul Thomas Anderson’s previous directorial collaborations with both Thom Yorke and Radiohead to include ANIMA (short film) and Radiohead’s Daydreaming (35mm), Present Tense & The Numbers.

The Smile
Wall Of Eyes
Tracklisting
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Wall Of Eyes
Teleharmonic
Read The Room
Under Our Pillows
Friend Of A Friend
I Quit
Bending Hectic
You Know Me!

The Smile 2024 European Tour dates:

8th June – Hamburg, Stadtpark Open Air, Germany
9th June – Cologne Palladium, Germany
11th June – Berlin, Verti Music Hall, Germany
12th June – Prague, Forum Karlin, Czechia
14th June – Belgrade, Hangar, Serbia
15th June – Pula Arena, Pula, Croatia
17th June – Bucharest, Arenele Romane, Romania
18th June – Sofia, Arena Sofia, Bulgaria
23rd June – Rome, Cavea Auditorium, Roma Summer Fest, Italy
13th August – Sigulda Castle, Sigulda, Latvia
14th August – Warsaw, Progresja, Summer Stage, Poland
20th August – Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle, Germany
21st August – Munich, Zenith, Germany
22nd August – Vienna Open Air Arena, Austria
26th August – Bordeaux, Krakatoa, France
28th August – Valencia, Jardins De Viveros, Spain

Screening events:

18th Jan – The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London, UK*
18th Jan – The Village East, Manhattan, New York, US*
19th Jan – Brain Dead Studios, Los Angeles, US*
20th Jan – SangSang Madang Cinema, Seoul, SK (x2 showings)
20th Jan – Cinema Godard – Fondazione Prada, Milan, IT*
20th Jan – Cine Tonalá, CDMX, MX
22nd Jan – 190 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku, Tokyo, JP*
22nd Jan – MK2 Quai de Loire, Paris, FR*
23rd Jan – Golden Age Cinema, Sydney, AUS (x2 showings)
23rd Jan – Eye Filmuseum, Amsterdam, NL*
23rd Jan – Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, UK*
25th Jan – 190 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku, Tokyo, JP*
25th Jan – Kino Intimes, Berlin, DE
*35mm presentations available in select participating cinemas

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