A Light for Attracting Attention
A critique in exactly 50 words of The Smile's first album
This album is a work of art, a breath of fresh air, a smile. In running from the popularity cage that was their exhausted setlist, Thom and Jonny have created beautiful noise once again. Along with Tom Skinner’s light touch, The Smile will spend no time in the Radiohead shadow.
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