Jesse's Smile

Since their last album in 2016, A Moon Shaped Pool, the members of Radiohead have been quietly going about their business solo between two reissues, O'Brien on his first album, Philip Selway on a soundtrack… And then, in May 2021, at On the occasion of a livestream of the famous English festival Glastonbury, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood unveiled the most substantial of all these side projects with The Smile, a supergroup founded with Tom Skinner, the drummer of the Sons of Kemet of Shabaka Hutchings, the formation most popular of London Jazz. In the hitch, we also find the irremovable producer Nigel Godrich, the string section of the London Contemporary Orchestra and a brass section made up of the finest blades of contemporary English jazz such as Chelsea Carmichael and Byron Wallen. Not bad for a record composed to pass the time during confinement!

The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes, will be released on 26th January on XL Recordings. The new album, was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced and mixed Sam Petts-Davies. It features string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra. Wall Of Eyes is the follow up their 2022 debut LP A Light For Attracting Attention.

Considering how Private Energy positively beamed thanks to radiant songs like "It's My Brown Skin" and "Young, Latin and Proud," the title of Helado Negro's sixth album could come as a surprise. However, on This Is How You Smile, Roberto Carlos Lange finds ways to sustain a sense of identity, family, and love when that energy runs low. For these strong yet tender songs, Lange drew inspiration from Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl," in which an immigrant mother gives her daughter instructions on how to survive and thrive in a world that wasn't made for her.

Devant succéder en 1967 au célèbre et génial Pet Sounds, espéré par le monde entier puis annulé au dernier moment, l'album "Smile" des Beach Boys a entretenu un véritable mythe. Directement issu des bandes originales, "The Smile Sessions" marque aujourd'hui sa renaissance.

Compilation of five albums and three bonus tracks originally released between 1975 and 1977.

The first three solo albums from multi-talented drummer, keyboardist and producer Walden He made his name as a drummer with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck and Tommy Bolin These three albums date from 1976, 1977 and 1979, originally released on Atlantic The Top 50 hit 'I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You)' came from 'Awakening' Digitally remastered.