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The Smile add a dollop of funk to “The Smoke”

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Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner have returned with their second track as The Smile. The Radiohead singer and guitarist joined forces with the drummer of English jazz quartet Sons of Kemet in May 2021 for a surprise performance at Glastonbury, and shared their debut single, "You Will Never Work In Television Again" at the start of the year.

Today, they released its follow-up, "The Smoke." "You Will Never" wouldn't have felt too far afield in Radiohead's early catalog, but "The Smoke" is more aligned with their later stuff.

Skinner's jazz background is incorporated via some smooth pocket drumming, accompanied by a driving, funky bass line from Greenwood.

Yorke sounds every bit himself, sitting squarely in his cool falsetto range as he sings about self-immomolation with seeming indifference.

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