New Thom Yorke project! Reacting to The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
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Tracklist:
Intro 0:00
1. The Same 0:26
2. The Opposite 2:49
3. You Will Never Work In Television Again 4:10
4. Pana-Vision 5:26
5. The Smoke 7:06
6. Speech Bubbles 8:21
7. Thin Thing 10:09
8. Open the Floodgates 12:09
9. Free In the Knowledge 13:35
10. A Hairdryer 16:02
11. Waving a White Flag 17:52
12. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings 18:41
13. Skrting On the Surface 19:43
Genre: Art Rock
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Favorite Tracks: The Opposite; You Will Never Work In Television Again; Pana-Vision; Speech Bubbles
Least Favorite Track: A Hairdryer
7/10 
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"Right out the gate, I will say that this doesn't really complement the last track"
-Brad Reacting to a song that is titled "The Opposite"
lmaoooooo
Just realised that lol
He’s right though and that’s how you know this is a Radiohead and not a thom Yorke
It's the Currents reaction all over again
@@WiloPolis03 this was painful. lol
went to their concert, absolutely batshit insane. Jonny played piano and a harp at the same time. and a bowed guitar. thoms vocals were so delicate. crazy stuff
Because I see that you have a Czech word in your nick I'm gonna make an assumption that you're Czech and I'm gonna say that Yes! their show at Forum Karlin was AWESOME I was there too😅
Yeah that was so awesome! Were you in Berlin at the Tempodrom? When Jonny played his bass with a violin bow, I was too stunned to speak.
Your analysis on this album makes it so easy to know why you don't like it even when i disagree. Great job!
i think “the same” is less about like Kumbaya we need to come together, more just an overwhelming feeling of anxiety, pleading for humanity to stop tearing itself apart. Thom and the gang definitely don’t subscribe to the whole coldplay-esque ignorant unity type thing, they’re really condemnatory of the people who are actually doing the fucked up shit in the world. I think that’s why the same is followed immediately by the opposite, kinda examining that we all are human but also some people are the fucking worst
thats exactly how i think it is yeah.
Yeah. Exactly how I interpret it
I loved this album so much, felt like such a strong blend of every Radiohead sound across their discog.
This is the best album since the last album in music
indeed. well said
One of the albums of all time 👍
I don't know, man... Still prefer the last one.
Definitely missing the point of the same. Thom’s pleas aren’t meant to be taken at face value, instead they are to be contrasted with the horrific and intense rising instrumentation that is meant to drown him out. This quite clearly shows that these ‘centrist’ pleas of trying to bring people together are useless.
It's more of a desperation than saying it's useless. Thom isn't being cynical on the track, he's showing how his hope and hopelessness intertwine
@@ThorMNs Nah, Thom is like cynicism personified. He's incredibly politically active
That is just untrue
“While trapped in the house for two years, one of the things I discovered is… It’s quite possible us human beings are all quite similar in actual fact. Not that we’re being told that, ever! Apparently we’re all in our little factions having to fight each other. Bollocks!”
Thom is being serious here
@@TAJMofficial Realizing we are all the same is now considered naive and worth demonizing for many political extremists. Thom is speaking about this very dark side of human nature and pleading. It's kind of revealing and ironic how people want to make Thom cynical and "on their side".
@@memetherapy while it's a sentiment with some merit I'd still call it oversimplistic. There are definitely differences to be acknowledged, even if not in as many places as a frenzied race to the excesses might suggest. If you ask me do I comprehend why someone disagrees with me on whether or not a song is enjoyable, then yeah I'm a flawed human with an opinion looking at another flawed human with an opinion. But if you ask me do I comprehend why someone disagrees with me on whether or not masses of people should be left to die to stop the bank accounts of the rich being reduced by an amount they'd hardly even notice, then I am quite happy to be considered an 'extremist', on that topic I do not take that word to be an insult, and no, I am not the same as the opposing person. These things it's being applied to are unequal, and ignoring that is the basic flaw of centrism. You might extract the idea of an 'extremist centrist' from such trains of thought, actually. A muddling idea that wants a different word for it but you get what I mean I'm sure.
Actually love this album, dude, keep listening to it. There is actually a narrative throughline: pleas for change, a vision of the future, a fire starting then spreading, floodgates opening, trying to survive in the aftermath, then letting go and allowing oneself to sink below the surface of a broken, flooded world/existence. All set to some really intricate, realized music with a variety of tones and colors. It's my favorite Radiohead adjacent record and possibly even my favorite Yorke/Greenwood thing since Kid A.
i thought the same was one of the best songs on the project. the lyrics didn't bother me as much and the sound is absolutely mind blowing
What's great about the lyrics is how the "we're all the same" mantra is offset by the ominous music build. And Yorke's "PLEASE" sounds fraught.
@@rosecoloredshades508 Yeah I honestly think it's meant to capture the anxiety of the loss of political normality- even if the fighting is necessary, and I would argue it is inevitable in the direction we're heading, it's not exactly something to be happy about. That's what keeps Radiohead songs from being preachy- they capture the emotional reaction to the devastation, not the prescription.
It’s a fantastic album. Thankfully just the RUclips reviews (Fantano and this) are the only ones scoring it below an 8. Most people recognize it’s one of the best this year so far and that makes me very happy.
I love Free In the Knowledge. While it’s far less boundary-pushing than the songs that ultimately made Radiohead the GOAT, it’s also the ultimate proof that Thom can still write impactful anthems like he did on The Bends. It nostalgically reminds me of Fake Plastic Trees, the song that got me into Radiohead in 9th grade.
I love this whole album because it shows Thom and Jonny’s versatility: they can be experimental AND accessible and can sound great in either mode. It feels like all eras of Radiohead put onto one disc, while still offering something new.
Hey Brad, im really happy you are doing a reaction for this album :) But I wouldn't call it a "new Thom Yorke project", its a side-project from "Johnny greenwood"(Radiohead's guitarist) , "Thom Yorke" (Radiohead vocalist) and Tom Skinner (Drummer from Sons of Komet). I think they all are equally important to "The Smile", just saying.
I enjoyed hearing Tom Skinner in something else, he's such a force of nature on Sons of Kemet albums
After seeing Brad's review of Free in the Knowledge, I've become convinced his brain is being eaten by a parasite.
Still luv you bro. We're here for you.
Your take on A Hairdryer is such a miss. The “Look at all the pretty lights” section is so good man, it builds so well up until that moment. Damnnnnn Bradley
Brad says almost every song starts out slow, but that’s completely purposeful architecture, some day this will click for him
This part of the song performed live is even better.
well he does say he’s got a brad taste in music
that song sucks tbh
@@FerdaTunes it’s the tinker tailer of this album, something overlooked now but may someday be the one you look forward to hearing the most on a future playthrough
why did you never finish your radiohead reviews brandon?
A Hairdryer is one of my fave Thom Yorke/Jonny Greewnood songs
Fr
Yeah fr he has know idea what he’s talking about
I liked the album, though I prefer Radiohead's last album Music of the Spheres
I just wish Radiohead still had the magic they had in A Rush of Blood to the Head.
i personally really enjoy the album, but i feel like you have to de-attach the thoughts like “radiohead did it better” or “the lyrics aren’t radiohead” to really fully enjoy it. to me it’s a separate entity from radiohead and maybe that’s why i enjoy it more, just thom and jonny trying something new with an open mind
First Melon now Brad, y'all are killing me with these takes
Open the Floodgates, Free in the Knowledge and The Same are my favorites in this album,this album is 8,5 for me I think,I love this project
When you say Booooring after 15 seconds, it makes me think this is the first time you're listening to something from Thom & Johnny. Patience is usually a key word for us listeners and if you are not in such a hurry, you will be richly rewarded a little later
He's listened to all the Radiohead Albums lol
I love that one part on the album where Thom says “It’s Morbin Time” and then Jared Leto takes over lead vocals. Truly one of the albums of all time:)
I always come back to this album. It has its eclecticism nature to it. Probably the best Radiohead side project ever released. 9/10
AND JONNY GREENWOOD
^^ yuss
My Top 5 from the album (as of now)
1. Open the Floodgates
2. The Smoke
3. Pana-vision
4. Thin Thing
5. The Same
No Speech Bubbles?
1. Free in the Knowledge
2. Skrting on the Surface
3. Open the Floodgates
4. Pana-vision
5. Speech Bubbles
The Opposite and Skirting on the Surface are amazing too
1. Skrting on the Surface
2. Speech Bubbles
3. We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
4. Free in the Knowledge
5. The Same
1. Speech Bubbles
2. A Hairdryer
3. The Opposite
4. Skrting on the Surface
5. The Same
Rip lol my two fav songs are
1: A Hairdryer
2: Thin Thing
Imo the best Radiohead side project definitely wouldn’t mind another release from The Smile
nah man this is amazing
it really is
I kind of interpreted “The Same” ‘s dreaminess as a false sense of security considering the tension ramping in the beginning. Plus the lyrics seem extremely sarcastic. It’s absolutely one of the best intro tracks I’ve ever heard.
i have commited several war crimes
what no human's right violations does to a mf'er
Off to The Hague with you!
Bruh from balkans
Pog
Goddamn I loved this album more than I expected, and my expectations were high
Also loved this video Brad hope ur doing good:)
I really love the direction they are going with The Smile, I think it is mostly going with the motions lyrically (although it's more subtle in its messages) but instrumentally they are experimenting and just going with the flow of wherever the music is taking them especially in the jazzy sound it has throughout. It's perfect driving or background music, it's crazy, it's chill, it's pretty, it's unique.
It's called The Smile because Thom knew every track will be given a smiley ball every time Brad listening to it
Could you finish reacting to the Radiohead discography please? (Mainly The King of Limbs and A Moon Shaped Pool)
ikr dude needs to go back and listen to that 2 albums
Don’t lie Brad, you only gave this a 7 because Fantano gave it a 7
Lmaoo true
@@jager9022 nah he reviewed it on stream before fantano did.
a hairdryer is legit my favourite, the krautrock grroves just get my orbs fizzing
i would really recommend you guys watch Professor Skye's review of the album, he talks in depth about the poetry that inspired the band. The album makes so much more sense when you see it as a collection of poems
even there a kid with his dad does a better job of reviewing the album
This whole album was just Radiohead's perfection at its finest
No, it's a solid 8.5/10
Hey Bradley, kind of off topic from the video but I didn't know where to ask other than this, do you think you could check out the new Florence + the machine album that just came out?
Real highlight of the project was Brad singing Shy Away
I find this album to be grower, like most Radiohead projects. The time signatures are off-kilter so the grooves can be difficult to get into at first which might make it even tougher. The drumming ends up taking a lot of the interesting space worth paying attention to. Phil Selway, on the other hand, tends to be more of a backbone for others to create over. I don't love it as much as most Radiohead albums, but it's probably the best Radiohead side project, just above The Eraser.
Brad just wanted to ask if you've already streamed for Best album closers, or are you planning to, or is it going to be or was it filmed offline?
Soon
Hello. I'd like to ask something unrelated to the album.
Would you be up to do an in-depth look at Neil Ciciegera's 4 Mouth albums?
I know you're familiar with them, even if they've not been talked about much in your vids (I only found 2 vids. #12 on the Top 25 Best albums of 2017 and AC/VC in Interesting Songs.)
The lyrics will grow on you I imagine, that issue of album being all over the place without a simple concept to grasp on makes it a tougher listen, but some songs you will definitely enjoy a little more than you do now, for me thin thing is the most impressive song, maybe just because im a guitar nerd, but yeah
19:13 We call those missing things Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood, and Ed O'Brien.
I love "We don't know what tommorow brings" a lot but when you start to sing "Shy away" I was genuinely laughed my ass off, this is too funny and what's more important - it truly works :'D
Does anyone know if Bradly reacted to a moon shaped pool? I can't seem to find it in the series
This is cool but where TF is TKOL and a moon shaped pool reaction. Not trying to demand anything, rather just curious
and in general i'm surprised with how much you disliked a lot of these songs
even if some of those song are the best in the album
This sure is an album of all time!
Yeah, but just eyes and mouth would’ve really brought it home
You need to revisit this album in a different head space. There is a lot to love about it.
Pana-vision was played during one of the last ever Peaky Blinders scenes and definitely helped me feel the way I did watching
I remember when i watched the episode the first time i heard the first lyric of pana-vision and i was like 100% its Thom Yorke, then i discovered the band
I rarely like any album after one listen. This one took me about 5 listens and it grabbed me. I think its incredible
Where is the reaction to the King of Limbs?
I've decided that the lyrics in The Same are written from the prospective of the people in power Thom believes are actively tearing people apart. It's not an honest plea from Thom's personal perspective. While I've made that decision as a necessity - I otherwise wouldn't be able to listen to it - there are also some lines to support that. When addressing the "people," he calls them "people in the streets." They're not just some random mass of people, they're already disillusioned. This is a desperate plea from some person in power to regain control, sharing empty platitudes, but, as the music suggests, is very quickly loosing more and more control the more they talk.
Kinda glad to hear that I'm not dumb and not the only one that can't really wrap the head around what this album's lyrics mean
Speech Bubbles has so many evolutions. Reminds me so much of AMSP
nah but free in the knowledge is the best song in this album
It's so good. When Thom sings the lyrics "I talk to the face in the mirror" I'm in complete awe
Been listening to Radiohead for 30 years. I really like watching your first listen. Like you, this album grew on me with each listen.
Im only 3 songs in but you are being very critical. I was waiting for your review. So far you are being hard on this project.
bro where is ur a moon shaped pool reaction dont leave us hangin!
It didn't click with me. Technically I couldn't point anything wrong with it but it just felt like diet Radiohead for a lot of it
brad why, now i can only hear shy away when i listen to we dont know what tomorrow brings
this album is fire but your opinion is still really valid
Its not
@@jens2049 your opinion is valid too no matter what you are refering to
Skirting on the surface was actually an unreleased track from Radiohead, which explains why you liked it a bit more
Are you going to do a pt 2 for grandson?
Leaving this comment here, I'm going to listen to it and then come back.
Edit:
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01). The Same - +8 (1st listen) / 8 (2nd listen)
02). The Opposite - 6 (1st listen) / 7 (2nd listen)
03). You Will Never Work In Television Again - -5 (1st listen) / 7 (2nd listen)
04). Pana-Vision - 7 (1st listen) / 7 (2nd listen)
05). The Smoke - +7 (1st listen) / 7 (2nd listen)
06). Speech Bubbles - -9 (1st listen) / 9 (2nd listen)
07). Thin Thing - 9 (1st listen) / 9 (2nd listen)
08). Open the Floodgates - 8 (1st listen) / 9 (2nd listen)
09). Free In the Knowledge - 7 (1st listen) / 8 (2nd listen)
10). A Hairdryer - +8 (1st listen) / 9 (2nd listen)
11). Waving a White Flag - 7 (1st listen) / 7 (2nd listen)
12). We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings - 6 (1st listen) / 6 (2nd listen)
13). Skrting On the Surface - 7 (1st listen) / 8 (2nd listen)
Okay, on my first listen I can say is a good one but after a realization about the apparent (at least to me) musical narrative of this album, after writing this first impression, I'm going to listen to it once more. (I'm listening again as I was in the middle of writing this. So, first and second impressions mashed together)
I thought I kinda agreed with the idea that there wasn't any particular common ground between the songs but I differ from this now. The album is presenting and telling something, at least as I said, musically. I don't really care about the full context of whatever the lyrics mean because I think you can see a more expansive picture just catching some of the lyrics (because you can always understand some of the words without reading the lyrics) and relating them with what emotions the composition is evoking within the song. But apart from that, its obvious to me that the songs have emotions that appear to be congruent with one another.
The Same starts with this shallow hopefulness, like someone not facing something that is happening, that also seems to be crumbling apart as the song goes on with this constant tension. This is followed up by The Opposite, that appears to be a realization, giving this feeling of something moving on, perhaps the person in the last song realizing how futile that hope (pretending it wasn't happening) was, and starts to leave it behind. You Will Never Work In Television Again sounds like a direct attack against this thing that was being denied that was there in the first song, that seems to evolve into an attempt to comprehend what was being attacked. I say this because of the more mysterious sound that Pana-Vision gives, like someone wondering confused as it wasn't easy to be done as it was thought. The Smoke shares an aura similar to The Opposite, like a path to something new being painted through the music, but this time it is not followed up by a burst of energy like last time, its followed by Speech Bubbles. Speech Bubbles sounds more like a solemn acceptance, like there's nothing else to do but let it through, but there's this strings in this song playing a melody that sounds really uneasy (like this acceptation is forced and it doesn't want to be). Then Thin Thing happen and gives this atmosphere of panic, like this person is going at 200mph in their head at the same time it starts to run away. Open the Floodgates receives the person in the last song with a huge wall (the floodgate?) and returning to the same place as in Speech Bubbles, accepting. So the Floodgates are opened, letting all in. It doesn't sound like escaping from it or going against it, it sounds like letting the huge wave hit you while standing still. Free In the Knowledge is the person floating stranded in this ocean that it is what was being ignored or attacked in the last 7 songs. It seems more hopeful as it implies this acceptance (for real this time) is going to let the person go to new places. A Hairdryer seems a logical follow-up, even the name (the person founds a shore (a new way to continue their life) and leaves the ocean (knowledge) and the hair dries as the wind blows). It sounds like someone walking into the unknown, it seems rough but the curiosity to get through it is more, and being amazed with what was there (the line " look at all the pretty lights " sounds like someone being dumbfounded at something new that it was never perceived).And then the drone at the end (I LOVE IT) that makes you zone out as the person in all this songs is now, getting lost on all this new things but in a comforting way. In all this narrative that I designed myself, Waving a White Flag sounds like images of the past. The person even now in this new place, feels scared about some things still (the lines " out of sight, out of mind " sound like a reminder of the actions taken on the first song. Maybe fearing that those same mistakes will be done in this new chapter?). The phantoms still torment but in a more optimistic note, after some reassuring chords at the end of this song, we go on to We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings. It's really high energy in the same fashion as the 3rd song but this time it comes with confidence. The unknown of the future is accepted and it serves to get through the shadows that were bothering the person in the last song, finally letting go through all this for once. Skrting On the Surface being such a peaceful ending to the album, just can tell you that whoever was the one that were in the first song, it is no more. This person doesn't fear the world that sits right in front of their eyes and it's pleased with experiencing it.
Now... Any of this is what the album is about?? Of course not lol But to me music is about this, something that makes your imagination go places. I wouldn't say this album is phenomenal but it is really great and to be fair, it made me wrote all this BS lmao.
This album as a whole is a +8/10.
The Smile is Thom’s but also Jonny’s new project. Just to clarify 😜
You look like you didn't want to like this from the start and fell into your old habits
Is there a reason you haven't reviewed a moon shaped pool on the channel yet?.....just saying cuz its my fav one lol
Lyrics never bothered me with Radiohead/Thom Yorke cuz I can hardly make them out half the time lol
yeah
I’m much more of a sounds > lyrics guy. I find abstract lyrics fun! 8.5/10 for me.
Shoutout to Tom Skinner, love his work on Sons Of Kemet which was the reason that I was interested in this project. Nice album, kind of a mixbag but a enjoyable one!
nah there not mixbag in this album
@@josephk8469 Understandable, have a nice day
Wait you didn't like something I did??
Brad Taste In Music? More like BAD taste in music
Bet no one ever thought about that one
uh, King of limbs and Moon shaped pool???
Thin thing goes incredibly hard, best on the album for me
fr
If you can find the very first live release film for Glastonbury it comes off so much better and watching Jonny rip into his guitar and trade bass and snyth off between him and Thom is a totally different vibe.
I noticed that "old"songs (i mean from Glastonbury) mostly didn't affect me, but in the album i really like most of it. The "new" songs (january 2022) i like it immediately but in the album, in my opinion, they seems not finished.
I have to disagree with a lot of your opinions about this project Brad, I definitely think it isn’t the best work Thom and Jonny have put out, but I get the sense that they’re not really trying to push boundaries in the same way and are enjoying themselves, something I think can be heard through the songs and something that makes the album feel very warm to me. I think that it is not only a grower but an album that is probably best listened to alone with a pair of good headphones. I don’t think I would’ve enjoyed this either if I’d just been pissed off by listening to the chainsmokers lol
This is fair, but I also gave it a listen alone with headphones and still found myself underwhelmed by a handful of tracks on here.
@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial Yeah I think that’s pretty fair as well, definitely some tracks on here that haven’t clicked for me completely yet and I think the only 21st century Radiohead album I prefer it too is king of limbs, I still personally give it an 8.5 though, love hairdryer, open the floodgates and the same.
@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial you're just wrong
You basically just stumbled over this review. I think you already knew you didn't want to like this before you even listened to it. But that's your opinion. I really doubt you gave this much of a chance. But it is what it is.
i love future bradley 😇
This was much better then Thoms solo work and I love me some Thom Yorke
i think anima is very good like this album
Brad! If you want to react to an older classic Indie Rock album, give "Silent Alarm" by Bloc Party a listen! Even if the style wouldn't suit you, a very very interesting and very well constructed album. You'll LOVE the drummer and the voice of frontman Kele! :)
Bloc Party another band that exists thanks to radiohead, like million bands out there lol
My fave songs on here are Skirting Along the Surface and Pana vision there are 3 or 4 songs I skip past but I'll be honest I wanted to see your reaction to Skirting Along The Surface as I think it's incredible ... Floodgates does build nicely
when he started singing man in the mirror 💀
I really liked this album 8.5/10 for me. My favourites were Thin Thing, speech bubbles, free in the knowledge and the smoke
If you give this a few more listens, I think you will dig it. You are a young buck after all.
awesome. jack stauber hilo reaction when?!!!?
The score he gave versus his reactions to the album makes aboslutely no fucking sense. LOL. From what he was saying, I would have expected him to give it a 5 minus.
Hey brad please can you review
Metaphorical Music by Nujabes :)
Anthony fantano lite is still better than most music critics
His takes were mind numbing. Considering the amount of time a Radiohead album usually needs to fully bloom and sink in for the listener, for him to sigh and say a track is boring 15 seconds in is laughably impulsive. And the irony that he has a future version from what, an hour later to let us know how his thinking has evolved after a second listen? I'm literally still discovering new wrinkles in songs from 20 years ago but he thinks he's figured the whole thing out this quickly? This is not an interesting way to review music. He basically finds tracks boring and moans that they aren't as good as Kid A if they don't immediately blow his mind. That's his whole process... It's not a perfect album and he's allowed to dislike it but the impulsive dismissal and lack of patience with music made by real artists who pour everything into their craft is disrespectful. Maybe it's pompous but Radiohead deserve more than a tossed-off and casual dismissal after a few listens.
I like this one more than moon shaped pool
Yay
I think you were a little harsh but you are on point about the flow and and how the record is not cohesive.
sup bradley
future me, free in the knowledge is one of their most beautiful, emotional songs and the build-up really pays off. I would even say one of the best on this album if not THE best
Oh yeah. I forgot that Jonny plays a mean guitar. Been awhile.
When in May Thom announced "The Smile" i've got confused, asking "when new radiohead album?" and i wasn't happy with most of the songs. But in January, when they show some new songs, i was interested. However, 6 singles were too much.
Finally, since May 13 during 2-3 weeks i listened this album almost every day. Most of the songs is really beautiful, diverse, even boring songs aren't bad and i try to give a second chance such types of songs. And it paid off, now i like 10/13 songs. By using one site for scoring each songs, i've got - 7.9/10 and i think it's a decent result and of the best release in the year. My favourites: The Same, The Opposite, Speech Bubbles, Free in Knowledge, A Hairdryer, Waving White Flag, Skrting on the Surface.|
And i disagree with most of your scores, about lyrics, Hairdryer and so one. I think, you should give this album second chance.
The lyrics for "The Same" was actually written to be the side of the "corporations". Like, they saying that they are the same as us, who are fighting for our rights and for a better future (in us I mean people who actually fight for those things). So, that's not Kumbaya shit, just rich people trying to buy people with that kind of speech.