Cutouts

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Cutouts
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Studio album by
the Smile
Released4 October 2024 (2024-10-04)
Studio Abbey Road
Genre
Length43:54
Label XL
Producer Sam Petts-Davies
the Smile chronology
Wall of Eyes
(2024)		Cutouts
(2024)
Singles from Cutouts
  1. "Don't Get Me Started / The Slip"
    Released: 2 August 2024
  2. "Foreign Spies / Zero Sum"
    Released: 28 August 2024

Cutouts is the third studio album by the English rock band the Smile, set for release on 4 October 2024 through XL Recordings. It was produced by Sam Petts-Davies and recorded in Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, London, in the same sessions as the previous Smile album, Wall of Eyes.

Contents

The Smile promoted Cutouts with the singles "Don't Get Me Started", "The Slip", "Foreign Spies" and "Zero Sum", music videos by the digital artist Weirdcore, and a series of cryptic messages on social media.

Background

The Smile comprise the Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with the drummer Tom Skinner. [1] They performed several future Cutouts songs in early live performances in 2021 and 2022. [2] [3] [4]

Cutouts was produced by Sam Petts-Davies and recorded in Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, London, in the same sessions as the previous Smile album, Wall of Eyes. [5] The song "Tiptoe" was played at global promotional listening parties for Wall of Eyes. [6]

In March 2024, the Smile began a European tour, including a performance at 6 Music Festival in Manchester with the London Contemporary Orchestra. [7] [8] The shows included performances of some Cutouts songs. [5] The Smile's August tour was canceled after the guitarist Jonny Greenwood was temporarily hospitalised with a serious infection. [9]

Release

On 2 August 2024, the Smile released a vinyl double single, "Don't Get Me Started" and "The Slip". The vinyl was released without promotion and was only available in stores. [10] "Don't Get Me Started" was added to digital services on 8 August. Uproxx described it as "synth-heavy" and "propulsive". [11] It was accompanied by a video directed by the audiovisual artist Weirdcore, with "glitchy" computer graphics. [12] [11] Later in August, the Smile released the track list in a series of ciphered messages on social media. [13] [14]

On 28 August, the Smile announced Cutouts, due for release on 4 October, in digital, CD, cassette and vinyl formats. [5] On the same day, they released "Foreign Spies" and "Zero Sum" on streaming services, accompanied by more videos by Weirdcore. [5]

Track list

Cutouts track list
No.TitleLength
1."Foreign Spies"4:48
2."Instant Psalm"4:18
3."Zero Sum"2:47
4."Colours Fly"4:55
5."Eyes & Mouth"3:59
6."Don't Get Me Started"5:55
7."Tiptoe"3:30
8."The Slip"4:29
9."No Words"4:16
10."Bodies Laughing"4:57
Total length:43:54

Personnel

The Smile

Production

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References

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  2. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (23 May 2021). "See Radiohead Side Project the Smile Perform New Song 'We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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  4. ↑ "The Smile Share 'Colours Fly' And Thom Yorke Says New Music Is Coming". Uproxx . 10 July 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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