The Smile is the new brainchild of Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and acclaimed drummer Tom Skinner. With their debut album well received by an adoring and loyal fanbase the trio have embarked on their first European tour, the UK shows ending here tonight in Manchester.
As Yorke and co approach the stage to a wall of applause that drowns out Cillian Murphy’s pre-recorded rendition of William Blake's poem The Smile they waste no time bursting into album opener The Same, a track that has all the touchstones of a Radiohead song. Tender lyrics with undertones of politically charged themes. As obvious as it is that the majority of the crowd's attention and adoration is directed towards Thom and Jonny, new kid on the block Skinner doesn’t take long to shine as he delivers some seriously emphatic rhythm on The Opposite.
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