The Smile, the supergroup of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner have released a pair of albums in the mere two years of the band’s existence, to the pleasure and concern of fans.
It’s a huge bonus because the songs are Radioheady with Yorke’s unmistakeable vocals and Greenwood’s moody vibes but the tunes are different enough and a tad more freer as to not seem stale.
The new batch of songs are so appealing to so many that it makes fans wonder if The Smile could just take over for Radiohead who have been breaking new ground since the early 1990s.
In the last 16 years, however, Radiohead has only made three new albums. Is there something about Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway and Jonny’s older brother, Colin that’s stifling Thom’s creativity that he can knock out two Smile records so quickly compared to the group that put him on the map?
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