THE SMILE Thin Thing Composer Reaction and Song Production Breakdown
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👴 Old Composer Reactions 🤘
This album is so great! Would love to see you react to more songs from this album
Absolutely! I love The Same and Pana-Vision but they have so many more
It’s a sensational album, start to finish
same here
Jonny's use of delay is incredible. It sounds so "robotic" due to how he uses delay. The delay is timed so by the time he's hitting the next note it's creating these patterns that sound more like a sequencer than a human. While he's hitting three notes we are hearing six due to the timing of the delay repeats and his attack on the first note. The Opposite from this album is my fucking favorite when it comes to his delay. Seeing it live was a peak moment for me.
_Speech Bubbles_ is my personal favorite from _A Light for Attracting Attention._ Just an all-round beautiful song on an all-round great album.
Yes! Speech Bubbles is my favorite as well
so far that is my favorite too.
I thought Skrting On The Surface was my favorite, and don't get me wrong, it's still beautiful and still way up there, but omg Speech Bubbles. So sad and so beautiful.
fantastic song, initially Open the Floodgates was my favorite
Listen to the entire Smile album, they also have new songs they releases throughout the tour.
Nigel Godrich is their producer since i belive Ok Computer, and has been working with them ever since, even in Thom's solo works. I don't know how he does it but everything he touches sounds AMAZING, probably my biggest inspiration when it comes to mixing
I agree, but not everything he touches is great - in recent albums he has a tendency to make everything sound super cold and robotic, especially in the dynamics of the drums. Identikit was amazing live but the studio version is stripped of live. Also King Of Limbs is pretty poorly mixed. But luckily The Smile record has lots of human warmth in it.
@@EasyCartoonDrawingTutorials i disagree but that's fine, it's subjective
jonny greenwood has been a MASSIVE steve reich fan for years and years, and this guitar loop sounds so similar to reich's electric counterpoint (which jonny has played live quite a few times). what a track!
Thank you for this never heard of Reich's work
It’s not a loop, it’s just a delay pedal with a single repeat, and he mutes the string after each strike so it sounds uncanny, but he’s actually playing a riff. Just three notes for every six you hear.
More Radiohead, more Smile, more Thom Yorke, more Phillip Selway. Thank you, still here 🤟😎🍻💯🔥🔥🔥
Johnny Greenwood is such an underrated guitar player with his techniques and sounds... I love hearing you geek out over him
He is not underrated imho.
@@ectoplasma5 I agree but you'll never see him on a "best guitarist" list
@@timhanna5363 yeah probably because he plays not long boring solos but has a unique innovative style. That is what i love about him too.
He's a GOAT
You gotta be kidding hahaha
I just listened back to back your listen/review of Radiohead’s “There There” and this song, and I’m just blown away by how the two songs are at least 20 years apart. Johnny and Thom are still sounding as fresh and engaged as they were DECADES ago. it’s not that many artists don’t keep making great music, but often they lose some electricity they had when young. But the Smile has super-invigorated them. They’re middle-aged kids.
Thanks Geeebz for following through on the Patreon selection!! The whole album (a Light for Attracting Attention) is worthy of a first time listen
I forgot to add, there is some great use of strings/orchestral passages in some of the songs on the album which you will appreciate, particularly the tracks Speech Bubbles, Panavision, Free in the Knowledge, and Waving a White Flag.
Have u done 'atoms for peace' yett Geebz? It's another Thom Yorke band - the whole album was amazing. They toured too - saw them pit at hollywood bowl - unreal.
I love that album. It’s one that I put on rotation when i workout haha
Loved the breakdown. Still patiently waiting for Radiohead's "Life in a Glasshouse" pleeeeeeeeeease
Ohhh mannnn 🤙🤙🤙
Yeah Geebz, it's a whole album and it's fantastic. Great mix of tunes as you'd expect from these guys.
One of the best albums of the year for sure. Really fantastic stuff.
The video was done by a pair of experimental filmmakers from Chile named Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña. They also did a film called La Casa Lobo (The Wolf House) which is seriously jaw dropping. I can't even imagine the amount of time and effort that must go into their whole process.
wow, this is a nice surprise, thank you geebz!
Oh yeah, Here we go!
This whole album has had me in a vice grip since it came out. Reaaaally hope there's more reactions for this album.
I really love The Opposite and A Hairdryer from this album
Still here. Love the hat. Thom for the win!
I should note that the guitar is going through a delay and Johnny is only playing half of the riff, not that this aspect makes it any different but it does make it surprisingly more difficult to play, from a more technical stand point.
So refreshing to hear them rock out again. It's been a while since we've had a proper freak out song.
Thank you for this reaction!!!
The Smile record is super good
Man, love this whole album but gotta listen to The Smoke next!
I've been looking forward to you finding and getting into this record. More!
NIGEL GODRICH is aptly named. Flawless production, as always.
It mixes my love for music by Radiohead and some Ian Williams'-style ( Don Caballero). The Smile is one of the few bands I would love to see play live. Unfortunately somehow I missed their gig this summer 😞.
Always a joy to see your reaction to their music.
Best song of the album. Easy.
Great choice, great album! I really love "Open the Floodgates" from this album if you want more!
Please watch a tutorial on what Jonny greenwood is actually playing. 2/3 of his notes are being repeated by a delay pedal. He's really not playing anything too complicated. Just very innovative.
Also, there are live videos all over UA-cam of them performing unreleased songs.... "Bodies Laughing" is a masterclass!!!
I am excited because I will be with my son in The Smile concert coming to Montreal - Canada this summer, this among the other song are very good, a light for attracting attention
Wait til you watch the live video and discover that Jonny is actually using a delay pedal to compose and create melody/rhythm. It’s really incredible I’ve never seen anyone else use a delay in this way
Oh man this is trippy for a Monday morning 😂
Thank you Geebz
Awesome! Big fan of this project from Thom and Jonny. Whole album is really great. Would go as far to say it’s on par with some of Radiohead’s albums. Echo what others have commented and hope you react to more from this album. Thanks for another reaction!
Finnally The Smile 😊
nice to see you doing the smile, your radiohead reactions were always cool 🤘
Love that you're reviewing The Smile 😊
I'm seeing them in December :D
Great pick. This was my favorite track from the album. It ranks up there among the top Radiohead songs for me. I also feel the same way about Just Eyes And Mouth, but you'd have to find a live version - it didn't make the album for some reason. Brilliant song though.
Did you know they are already working on LP2? Hopefully Just Eyes makes it on that one.
Love this album. Especially panavison and the smoke
Great reaction Geebz! Love your observation about a "comfort zone" tone anchoring the insanely inventive guitar and drum work on this track. Love _Thin Thing._
The video was created by Chiléan artists/filmmakers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña who must know _Radiohead's_ music intimately, as there are some great references throughout their brilliant animation. Would love to hear your take on some of the other tracks on _The Smile_ album _A Light for Attracting Attention._
The live shows are incredible, and they're writing and performing brand new songs while they're touring - which are even _more_ amazing, if that's possible! _It_ and _Bending Hectic_ are stunning, and my favourites so far, but they're all fantastic. Everyone is clamouring for _Teleharmonic Phaser,_ which featured very briefly during a pivotal scene in the British TV series _Peaky Blinders._ Their beautiful album track _Pana-Vision_ also closed the series to dramatic effect.
I saw _The Smile_ in London this year, but lucky North American fans getting to hear more new material as they tour live this winter. Enjoy guys! 🙂
I can't wait for Bending Hectic to be officially released. Jonny's guitar solo at the end by use of looped layers is stunning
Your face is priceless. lol.
Ahhhhh The Smile ! I was hoping you’d get around to this. A damn fine album universally acclaimed….
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.3/10
Metacritic 86/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5
Clash 9/10
DIY 4/5
Exclaim! 8/10
The Guardian 4/5
The Irish Times 5/5
NME 4/5
Paste 8.3/10
Pitchfork 8.6/10
Rolling Stone 4/5
Came about during lockdown where Thom and Jonny still wanting to make music together with the covid restrictions in place (i guess the rest of Radiohead were happy chilling) and so formed The Smile with Tom skinner - a jazz drummer. I think it’s up there with some of Radiohead’s best work and could quite easily have been a Radiohead album. In fact, the last track ‘Skrting on the Surface’ has been played at Radiohead shows for many years off and on.
Check out ‘Free in the knowledge’ my personal fave on the album. Would love your reaction to that. 💙 👍👌
A great album. Not a bad track on it 🔥
Sick jam, eclectic
You should do this whole album. It is phenomenal.
So weird how the song seems out of time but then you realize it is intentional and serves a purpose
I ❤ the whole album !
This entire album hits hard
this song describes Thom's mind during their genre breakout after The Bends
they'll be in LA end of the year, Geebz
To me this whole song musically is a set up for the outro. A Hairdryer is my favorite song from the album.
Recommend Free in the knowledge by the Smile or the live version by thom yorke - both are from the past year
I wasn't sure about that song at first, but man has it grown on me! Compositionally gorgeous
*A HAIRDRYER!*
Wait till you hear Bending Hectic! Mind blown.
Glad you did this song. There are some great tracks on that album, really like "The Smoke". While his music may not be for this channel, you should listen to Johnny Greenwood's solo stuff if you haven't already. His soundtrack work has been nominated for Oscars. Really great use of strings which I know you would like.
"Speech bubbles" by "the smile" is an entirely different energy than this song and absolutely gorgeous!! 🥰
Amazing album, I want to hear breakdowns of the other songs too. Thin Thing is not my favorite off the album, but for me, I listen to this album from beginning to end. It’s an album album which is why I have this on vinyl.
When i heard them before i thought they sounded like radiohead if they went hard rock.... so you kinda blew my mind saying it has Radiohead members. . That video was as weird as amazing. It's stop motion it looks like. That bit at the end is just pictures shown it different order to make it look like it was moving randomly.
Please do The VOIDZ ❤️
Is there ever enough reverb?
You should their songs: The Same and A Hairdryer.
Touched by the hand of Godrich
Hello, I’m still here… well, how could I not be for your wonderful Radiohead or The Smile first time listening sessions?🙂
Just wanted to say that I totally agree with what I’ve read in many other comments here that ask to please do another track of that The Smile album. Some of the songs on it are just hauntingly beautiful, right up there with their best Radiohead work (if not better in a couple of songs)!
For a less trippy journey next time though, I would personally recommend ‘The Same’ or ‘Waving the white flag’… Enjoy!
(full album playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLf_OT-1c3m3A4g2QVQrTRD56feyKRx-yV.html)
Is the Video by Donwood.,Radioheads' s album artist and friend. Looks like him.
Great song, great band. If you like this sound try the band Battles album Mirrored songs Ddiamondd and Tonto, you won’t regret it! 🤘🏼🌸
Hello! Does anyone know what picture that is on the wall?
It looks like the skeleton of David Bowie with red hair levitating above the sea...:D
More the smile,thom, Radiohead please
Another decomposition another comment to reccomend checking out the song "King Me" if you're looking for some more Lamb of God. Epic track.
Geebz, I would love your thoughts on the song “in the heavens above, you will become a monster” by An Abstract Illusion. It’s an amazingly beautiful piece of progressive death metal that I know you’ll appreciate
another song full of macro and microtonal genius.
You should react to "evolving" by "darko us"
LOL didn't expect to see this here👹
Would be interested to hear you listen to work by Krzysztof Penderecki. I read wow 15 ? years ago that he is a big influencer of Johnny Greenwood.
I had a panic attack the first time I heard this song. I can't even describe how seriously it messed with me or even why.
I thought you forgeted about radiohead
Live version soooo much better. The studio version is OK but feels like it's missing something and soft the more it goes on. Nice video.
Not to nitpick - he’s just using a delay pedal with a single repeat and mutes the string after each strike - check out a tutorial on how to play it - supes interesting.
I feel like this is them in their natural habitat. They got to unleash obviously in Radiohead, but this is different.
You have to do bending hectic
Are you high Geebz?
Do you ever get nervous? Are you single?
Listen to Teleharmonic
has no one requested Deerhoof yet? ridiculous.
I dont know that the downbeat is 😭
not THE ONE I wanted to see you react to BUT a good start and still one of the standout tracks, yeah the whole album is full of lots of fun surprises and oddities that will surely make any reactors with real musical IQ's grin with whimsy...maybe their full band name is The Make Producers Smile...?
Thin has a bastRd twin on wall of eyes