The Smile - Zero Sum (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Zero Sum taken from the new album Cutouts, coming October 4 on XL Recordings: thesmile.x-l.c...
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I can already picture Thom showing off his dance moves to this song on stage 🙂
Yesssssss 🕺
He already danced to this crazy whenever they played this song live💎 ofc playing the bass kinda limits him though.
I need them back in Argentina 😩😩😩
I😅@@JF-kv1gm
Very twitchy
Thin Thing and Thin Thing 2 was so cool that they makes Thin Thing 3
I think Thin Thing is officialy a genre now
I can’t wait for the sequel
Thin thing is so good
which one was thin thing 2?
@@famousfriend2472 Under Our Pillows
Evil twin of "Bangers + Mash"
Exactly dang! I could find the same of the song it reminded
*Zero sum😁
@@ReshonBryant what?
Man I thought the same thing
Bro, this sounds crazy! Damn, Thom and Johnny never get old!!!!!
Age is a state of mind - they are forever young
In a near future, most delay pedals will include a "Greenwood" knob.
dont know how i feel about "touching greenwoods knob" whenever i play guitar but its a nice idea 😂
@@notillusion7133I feel pretty good about it
I legit thought it was sequenced. I still feel like the bit at the end might be. Brilliant in any case.
Edit: Sorry for doubting you Jonathan
@@pav5355 it's probably a Max MSP patch
@@notillusion7133 🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like if Thom is having a good time in a Jazz concert
he loves jazz now woohoo it isn’t a car advert anymore!
I like the idea of jonny composing this riff while laying bored in a hospital bed.
Thom: "Hey Jonny, how are you doing?"
Jonny: "Bro, you better start practising "
Please excuse my ignorance, but why a hospital bed? did he have any accident or illness?'
@@17silencehe fell particularly ill recently. He seems to have recovered fully tho
It definitely sounds like it. But. They’ve been playing this live since March 2024 or so. I believe the first live performance was Dublin or London. 😊
@@italyball2166 Yep, today 28th August, should've been in Valencia for their antepenultimate gig of this tour - a decision I made after already having seen them at Alexandra Palace in March!! Loved it sooooo much wanted to repeat!! However, in July was when Jonny fell ill, and they had to cancel the remainder of tour. Any luck, and with new album out in October there'll soon be a new set of live dates. Best to all!!
this song predates that event by months
I was.....not expecting LP 3 so quickly, but can't wait nontheless
No Nigel 🥴
@@efseditawho’s producing?
@@mustafasadmansakibSam Petts-Davies. Same as Wall of Eyes, Confidenza soundtrack, 5.17/That’s how Horses Are and the Suspiria soundtrack if I remember correctly
It’s because it’s unreleased songs
October 4th? Awesome!
Honestly I would love it if The Smile a whole album in the style of Zero Sum and Thing Thing.
Same!
it would be fucking boring
@@Egor_Balandin The Smile works best up tempo to let Tom Skinner go nuts on the drums and Jonny do all his wacky delay tricks. It would be anything but boring, so many song ideas they could explore in this theme.
@@MicahBuzanMUSIC I mean boring if the WHOLE album would be like that but not any other
check out Horse Lords for something similar! LOTs of staccato guitar arpeggios, tight drumming, and horned instruments
This is what happens on the other side of the mountain that’s on the cover of Kid A
We’ve finally made it to Teenager B
@@phillemon7664 Now waiting for person C
Senior D
Ancient E
@@hike3037 troglodyte F
Thom+Horns has always been amazing. Life in a glasshouse, National Anthem, the Big City, etc.
Confidenza soundtrack 🥰
You should listen to daily battles I think you'll like it
@@tomasfavetto5040 I have, it is also one of my favorites, it’s exceptional live.
Nothing like a UA-cam comment section to make me feel gross
@@89.Lol kinda same
Loved Jonny's comment to Thom before they played this in London Hammersmith was "I'm scared". Skinner says "I'm scared too" 🤣🤣
There's some serious finger picking going on on this one.
I was there !!!!
@@karavilas It was the best. Here's some snippets of Jonny's playing. Zero Sum at 01:19👍
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@@karavilasLUCKY!!!!!!!
A few years ago Jonny did a new version of Steve Reich's "Electric Counterpoint" (performed it live). The original guitar piece on Reich's album, "Different Trains", was played by the great Pat Metheny jazz fusion guitarist.
So if Jonny can pull off that composition/piece on the guitar live (or at least a new version) he should be able to tackle this finger picking. Steve Reich heard Jonny doing this piece and was impressed with his work, so offered to work with him on this new interpretation. I thought it was pretty brave of JG to even attempt this piece of music. It may sound simplistic with it being a minimalist composition but it is far from easy to play that stuff.
Reich liked a couple of Radiohead tracks and Jonny's soundtrack album/compositions for, "There Will Be Blood". Reich
"Radio Rewrite" has five movements, alternating fast and slow, and is scored for clarinet, flute, two violins, viola, cello, two vibraphones, two pianos and electric bass. It premiered in London in 2013, performed by the London Sinfonietta, to a generally positive reception. Attention focused on the Radiohead material; some reviewers praised how completely the work is integrated, while others questioned how suited it was for Reich. Alarm Will Sound made the first recording of the piece for an album released on Nonesuch Records in 2014" - Wiki
See "Radio Rewrite" on Wikipedia for more info on this project...
PS, Btw, Steve Reich's/Pat Metheny "Electric Counterpoint" was sampled by and can be heard on, The Orb's - "Little Fluffy Clouds".
And that's a whole other story!
Was there, and have been obsessed with this song ever since
Gonna watch this using Windows 95
Windows 95 Windows 95 😂
As Thom intended
Well. Proof needed sir.
@thepetevonde you're being too confident dude. You know that's a red flag....
Bro u ever realized it's 16 Mb?
The guitar is absolutely nuts. Jonny seems to keep on expanding the downbeat clawhammer + delay technique he introduced in Present Tense, Loop, Thin Thing, etc. And now with even wackier results.
What is a downbeat clawhammer
@@claytonkramer7234 He basically plays the guitar like a banjo, with fingerpicking. But he does so by hitting the strings on the downbeat and making the string ring on the upbeat. He does that in a very fast manner, then adds specific delay to make the notes repeat in the empty spaces. This creates a very disorienting effect. Check out the "Present Tense: Jonny, Thom & a CR78" video, it's a good example of that.
The Present Tense guitar sounds entirely different to me...really pretty almost Spanish like.
I'm a Gen Z kid living in Thailand. I really like your art and will follow you forever. Love from Thailand.
Thom Yorke’s voice is aging beautifully by not aging at all.
I love how his voice sounds in all eras. It has definitely aged though, he can't do the screams and belts of the Pablo Honey/Bends era anymore, but that has forced him to get more creative.
So ready for Cutouts. It'll probably become the second greatest left turn in music history
Studio version of Eyes and Mouth. I'm so fucking sold already.
There's never been a better outside project by radiohead including two key members. These guys are always creative and age like expensive wine .
I initially read this as aging like expensive twins and it somehow made sense?
This trio is definitely becoming 80's King Crimson
Started off quite van der graaf generator too
and this is not the good thing
@@sufyanlowel4631good thin thing
They should join the Beat tour.
A good friend once described 80's Crimson as the Talking Heads on crack. I believe he meant it as a compliment.
I didn’t know it was possible to rock this hard. I stand corrected.
The run that Jonny starts playing when the horns first come in (1:33) is where i finally "figured out" this song. His playing in there reminds me of the solo in Paranoid Android.. or how far hes evolved from then. And Tom's drums... this song is a damn masterpiece.
It's on repeat.... And i can't stop.
Same!
Jonny has really outdone himself here, how is it possible
the fact that Weirdcore is the same visual artist for aphex twin makes this video even more fantastic
Wow. Posting after hearing the 30 second sample. This song is so intricate it demanded a studio version and they’ve come through perfectly.
I showed this song to my Dad, whom I've been trying to get into Radiohead and The Smile (unsuccessfully), and he said that this song, I quote, "f*cking slaps"😂
I've been trying to get my dad into the boys for years... The Smile got him to change his mind on them, now he loves them. We saw them in concert together. Keep up the effort, it's a joy to bond over your favorite artist
😂 baad dad
Finally, Microsoft drops its new marketing promotion for Windows 95.
This sounds like a Mario Kart track in the best way possible
Thom’s voice sounds so different on this song! It’s very unique :O
What are you doing here?
It's got an air of 'Good Morning Mr Magpie' about it. He's spitting for sure!
Hollow knight and the smile just kinda work ig
he sounds like michael stipe
Wrong fandom bro
I love that two guys that could be resting on their (many) laurels, have decided to try to push music as far as they can go. Words can't express my gratitude.
Well put. Agree 100%
Lyrics from the CD booklet:
Zero sum
Mute point
A cut out trying to fill the void
A shit grin
A performance
A tipping point
A loose banister
The physical lines
Of forced thought
That's a lot to burn for no reason
A gas leak
I'm falling through the ice
A vacant lot to buy
Vacant lot to buy
Clipped tounge, acting dumb
Somewhere in the past in a re-run
Thinking all the ways the system will provide
Windows 95, Windows 95
So over confident, confident, confident
So over confident, confident, confident
That's another red flag, red flag
That's another red flag, red flag, red flag
The masterclass
The Ted talk
That's a lot to burn for no reason
Thinking all the ways the system will provide
Windows 95, Windows 95
Listen close
Listen carefully
You will hear the birds are in the wrong place
Fortunately there the system will provide
Windows 95, Windows 95
So over confident, confident, confident
So over confident, confident, confident
That's another red flag, red flag
That's another red flag, red flag
What a guy, thankyou
Thank you! So it is Windows 95! wow, so great.
Thank you!!
Dude - thanks.
LEGENDARY STATUS ON THIS ONE, GUITAR RIFF IS SIIICCKKK
This is amazing! I'm really looking forward to the album. Especially the new version of Bodies Laughing
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
This sounds like a classic 8-bit video game!
Jonny 90 fingers strikes again. This is banging!
this song keeps getting better and better the more I play it
2 new Smile songs on my birthday! Thank you for the early present! Come back to Dallas or OKC!!
Happy birthdayy 🎉🎉
That guitar work is insane! Drums killer… brass amazing… what a song!!!
Finally, I found a song by The Smile that I love as much as I love Radiohead's top class songs.
This song is just so genious in so many levels.
Thom and Jonny must have this alien song writing device to keep writing songs that sound fresh and ready to be played live 😎👍🏼
Yeah they do, it’s called a brain. It was made by this non-human thing called evolution. When paired with a soul it can pull ideas from Non-Physical places that regular uncreative folk don’t know of. Read Rick Rubin’s “The Creative Act”
This is too magnificent for me to put into words.
The artistic concepts, visual and musical. Is a an area no other artist knows so well. What is seen is as important as what is heard. They have always embraced.
NEW ALBUM = NEW TOUR AYEEEEEEEEEE
Sadly I don’t think so soon, Cutouts is just unreleased songs that they have played in concerts already as far as I know. Planning a tour takes very long and since Jonny is still resting from his medical issue, I don’t think it’s for anytime soon. But we can consider ourselves lucky to get these for sure!!!🤗🤗
Meaning closer to new radiohead LP
BALTIC TOUR PLEEEEEASE
nah, they already played like 90% of the songs on this album in their latest tour
The Smile new "global tour" be like:
Europe and some American citys
I am absolutely blown away by the lyrics, Thom is an absolute don 😮
Zero sum
A mute point
A cut out trying to fill the void
A shit grin
A performance
A tipping point
A loose bannister
The physical lines
Of forced thought
That's a lot to burn for no reason
A gas leak
I'm falling through the ice
A vacant lot to buy
Vacant lot to buy
Clipped tongue, acting dumb
Somewhere in the past in a re-run
Thinking all the ways
The system will provide
Windows 95
Windows 95
So over confident, confident, confident
So over confident, confident, confident
That's another red flag, red flag
That's another red flag, red flag, red flag
The masterclass
The TED Talk
That's a lot to burn for no reason
Think of all the ways
The systems will provide
Windows 95
Windows 95
Listen close
Listen carefully
You will hear that the birds
Are in the wrong place
Fortunately there
The system will provide
Windows 95
Windows 95
So over confident, confident, confident
So over confident, confident, confident
That's another red flag, red flag
That's another red flag, red flag
Thom Yorke: hmm, what rhymes with "the system will provide"?
I've been thinking about it, perhaps he's referring to how a lot of our society (the system) is running on old tech. Stories about hospitals and stuff still running Win95 and how it's a huge threat to our safety
Me walking to my parents room at 3am to tell them I shit the bed
Jonny is KILLING it on this song. It grooves so hard and love it!
me: man I sure am bummed that black midi broke up
The Smile: gotchu fam
Thom: Now what rhymes with "the system will provide..."
..Windows 95 Windows 95..
@@Useful-_-Idiot ok computer
I read this just as the line was spoken :D
And just as my first ever listen ended my windows system made a "ding" about blocked content (corporate computer).
Something unlocked in my brain, visceral, tingly, all the way to my toes
this is why they are legend , cuz they are always experimenting !!! Long Life to the KINGS
This might be my favorite thing I’ve heard from The Smile so far. It’s so odd but also groovy. I love it.
Best news!!!
Please also give us The Slip!
Need it!
The Slip is track 8 on the album
@@edgeworth097 Can’t wait!⚡️
Ohhh waoooo. It became very dynamic and exciting. The atmosphere of the clip fits well with the lyrics. The fast dynamic movements and cuts are reminiscent of the matrix experience. The clip plays nicely with the lights, the contrast is damn good, it's not too provocative, but sufficiently "aggressive". Jonny's brilliant and unique guitar playing is impressive, and Thom accompanies it with a cheeky youth in an amazing rhythm, with his completely unique voice, the softness of which he always chooses perfectly for every song. But I admit, I'm so fucking biased...You guys are so good. I love you guys so much.❤❤❤
Whenever I'm walking anywhere I now play this song in my head.
This is interesting…the relative softness of Thom’s vocal versus the harrying rhythm. Nice! Love the energy.
So excited for this! First they dropped a new single on my 26th birthday this year and now this. Can't believe we might be getting another album so soon!
Giddy up. I'm happy that The Smile isn't just a one-off type project. I dig it 🍻
This is so black midi and 80's King Crimson
Sounds closer to Cam's stuff
Me and the boys lining up to the new The smile album
Faster Jonny!
F A S T E R J O N N Y
They played this in a concert and Thom said "Go on Jonny", he did it again
Babe, Wake up The Smile dropped 2 banger!!!
that guitar is next level. killing me with this. sooooooooo rad.
Thin Thing, Under Your Pillows and Zero Sum are triplets and I love them
*under your pillows
@@ARadioheadDeepDive right, just fixed it lmao
This may become my favorite smile song
I think this is the most un-Radiohead sounding song I have heard from Thom and Johnny. I like it a lot.
It totally sounds like a Radiohead song. All the signature ingredients are there.
Nah this is very Hail to the Thief
‘bangers and mash’ from the in rainbows period has a very similar vibe
What in the king crimson is this masterpiece
Haha this comment!! I hear it now 😅
Yes, please! 🥰
There is absolutely no one else! These dudes are the only ones sticky enough to not get themselves yeeted out of my ADHD brain since I was a teen in the 90s. It’s been a life long (one sided) friendship, and for that, I count myself lucky! 😂😂😂
I will never listen to The Smile. Any performer of hundreds in my DAP sounds better
How does Jonny even comes up with riffs like this. Amazing!
Me: I must have misheard Thom Yorke repeating "Windows 95" in the chorus.
Thom Yorke: Windows 95, Windows 95
Windows 95: Insert disk to continue
This song is an absolute banger. I’ve never completely fell in love with most of the output from a lot of thoms side projects. but ‘the smile’ feels like the real deal. amazing stuff.
This sounds like futuristic Talking Heads.
Yes that is indeed more than enough cowbell! Bloody marvellous song.
This guitar work is the future. Jonny is insane.
Everything about this feels like adult swim
you are not wrong
ok I love this. Top 5 The Smile song right there
The part at 1:04 is just cooked to perfection, thank you guys
It's nice to hear Thom writing choruses like only he could. It's a crazy wriggling earworm as I keep coming back to this
Ok, definitely a grower and now can't close that page, keep playing it on repeat, what's going on ??! This is too good !! LOVE YOU GUYS !! ♥
windows 95!
Holy shit this is nuts, I love it.
ほんと、かっこいいったらありゃしない
頭の中でループ地獄
This is the forth or fifth time I listen today 🙏 this song is so addicting to listen to
Me hearing this song for the first time: is he saying windows 95?!
*looks up lyrics*
Yep!
Genius. Love the dizzying guitar work. ❤
Those time signatures actually help my daughter with her maths homework. Thanks.
The Smile really does just drop amazing DLC on a random Wednesday
CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST BABY!
(Obligatory I miss Radiohead)
Thom and Jonny featured very clearly in my dreams last night, wake to new sounds, groovy - I love it!
Cant wait !!!! Thanks god this band exist !
The Smile is on Fire
Sounds like a jazz fusion or prog rock song. It pretty much is jazz fusion so good
The smile is the best bend ever.
we'll be looking forward to your new album
Obsessed. I can’t stop listening to this!
obsessed
I love this song so much
still remember my first time hearing this song
This feels so talking heads and I’m here for it
This song CRUSHES. Johnny and Skinner
close enough, welcome back on a friday
Fragile Friend mentioned
I already have a feeling that this is going to be even better Smile record than Wall of Eyes
I liked wall of eyes, but I think a Light for Attracting Attention was better. Though I do love either album, have them both as CD's. I may go to a concert where the Smile performs with this album. Curious how they will do it live
I think this is the Amnesiac to Wall Of Eyes' Kid A. Though this time I think I'll prefer it
wall of eyes was a masterpiece imo i loved every song. This has big shoes to fill but so far everything ive heard is amazing too