Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:starting to get bummed at how downtempo all these Smile songs are. Their original live set seemed to be pulsing with frenetic energy, but everything after the first single has been slower and quieter.

tree_ wrote:I think I've outgrown frenetic Thom and gang. I love the mellow yellow.

A LIGHT FOR ATTRACTING ATTENTION

Track list:
1. The Same
2. The Opposite
3. You Will Never Work In Television Again
4. Pana-vision
5. The Smoke
6. Speech Bubbles
7. Thin Thing
8. Open the Floodgates
9. Free in the Knowledge
10. A Hairdryer
11. Waving a White Flag
12. We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
13. Skrting on the Surface

Digital release date: 13th May 2022
Physical release date: 17th June 2022

Spoiler: show

And finally! A release date, a new song, the art work that Thom and Stanley have been painting all winter - and a sense that we will get to share, at last, our new music in full.

I feel grateful that we managed, with Nigel’s help, to record these songs in a way they deserve. And the singles released so far have been liked - as far as I can tell - which makes me feel dangerously confident in the rest of the record. As the all-knowing algorithm has it, if you liked that, you’ll love this, right? Hope so. Aside from anything, the brass and strings players who helped out - I really can’t wait for you to hear all their work too.

So yes, we’re properly proud and excited for everyone to have the whole thing - but, it’s been a drawn out process so far, with so many single songs released. I can only apologise for our tentativeness. Patience is a virtue, but then, so are sobriety and humility - and they’re not happening either. Nor can we persuade Apple Music to stop greying-out the titles of the unreleased tracks (the teases!) - but, come May 13th, everything will be out there, instead of in here.

As we prepare to play this all live, a small part of me views the record as a way of getting people familiar with the songs first. This is short sighted, but as I type this, I can’t really think beyond the first chord of the first concert in Croatia because that’s where so much of the excitement is for me. Live concerts are short-sighted, short-lived things, and all the more vital because of it.

But really, the record still feels worth your time - both the time spent waiting, and the time we’re asking you to invest in hearing it - which is all I can hope for. I’m listening to it constantly, long after I should have had enough, so maybe that’s the right, long-sighted view of this. I hope you have the same experience.

Best wishes,

Jonny

dad wrote:apparently, The Smile album, A Light for Attracting Attention has leaked.

has anyone heard it yet?