Pana-vision

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"Pana-vision"
Pana-visionTheSmile.png
Single by the Smile
from the album A Light for Attracting Attention
Released3 April 2022
Genre
Length4:08
Label XL
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Nigel Godrich
The Smile singles chronology
"Skrting on the Surface"
(2022)		"Pana-vision"
(2022)		"Free in the Knowledge"
(2022)
Music video
"Pana-vision" on YouTube

"Pana-vision" is the fourth single by the English rock band the Smile, released on 3 April 2022. [1] It is included on their debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention.

Contents

Music video

An animated visualizer directed by Sabrina Nichols, using imagery by the Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood, was released alongside on 3 April 2022. [1] [2] Mxdwn.com writer Lauren Floyd called the video "cinematic", saying it features "dramatically elongated and drawn out shapes and figures ... parallel to Yorke's airy falsetto". [3]

On July 20, 2022, the scene from the series finale of the British television series Peaky Blinders that used "Pana-vision" in full three months earlier was uploaded as a separate live-action music video for the song. The music video was directed by series director Anthony Byrne. [4]

Reception

"Pana-vision" received favourable reviews. Loudwire said its "cinematic" title fit its "picturesque piano-driven exploration". [5] The Uproxx writer Adrian Spinelli called the song "decidedly sinister" and said the piano "challenges your mind to understand how the song is supposed to make you feel". [6] Cleber Facchi of Música Instântanea compared the song favourably to Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool . [7]

Use in media

"Pana-vision" was used in the Peaky Blinders episode "Lock and Key", which served as the series finale. [8] [9] The episode also featured "That's How Horses Are", a solo song by Yorke. [10]

Track listing

The song, on specific streaming services and digital storefronts, also contains the three previously released singles from the band:

No.TitleLength
1."Pana-vision"4:08
2."Skrting on the Surface"5:31
3."The Smoke"3:39
4."You Will Never Work in Television Again"2:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes. [11]

The Smile

Production

Additional musicians

References

  1. 1 2 Kreps, Daniel (3 April 2022). "Radiohead Side Project the Smile Debut New Song 'Pana-vision' in Final 'Peaky Blinders' Episode". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Pappis, Konstantinos (4 April 2022). "The Smile Release New Song 'Pana-vision'". Our Culture Mag . Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Floyd, Lauren (4 April 2022). "The Smile Shares Cinematic New Song And Video 'Pana-Vision'". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Smile - Pana-vision (Official Video)". YouTube .
  5. ↑ Trapp, Philip (4 April 2022). "Radiohead Offshoot the Smile Return with the Cinematic 'Pana-vision'". Loudwire . Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Spinelli, Adrian (4 April 2022). "The Smile Drop Their Latest, Decidedly Sinister Single, 'Pana-Vision'". Uproxx . Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Facchi, Cleber (4 April 2022). "The Smile: 'Pana-vision'". Música Instântanea (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Rowley, Glenn (3 April 2022). "Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood's The Smile Unveil New Single "Pana-vision": Stream". Consequence . Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  9. ↑ Hussey, Allison; Monroe, Jazz (3 April 2022). "The Smile Share New Song 'Pana-vision': Listen". Pitchfork . Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Leas, Ryan (3 April 2022). "Hear New The Smile & Thom Yorke Songs Debuted On Peaky Blinders". Stereogum . Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  11. ↑ A Light for Attracting Attention (liner notes). The Smile. London, England: XL Recordings. 2022. FXL1196LP.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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