Radiohead Side Project The Smile Announce ‘Wall of Eyes’ Album, Drop Paul Thomas Anderson-Directed Video

The Smile announced the release date for its upcoming second full-length album, Wall of Eyes, on Monday (Nov. 13), revealing that the follow-up to 2022’s debut LP, A Light for Attracting Attention, will drop on Jan. 26 via XL Recordings. The latest from the Radiohead spin-off group fronted by that group’s singer Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood as featuring Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner will coincide with a series of UK and European headlining dates in March.

The 8-song album was produced by Sam Petts-Davies (Warpaint, Frank Ocean) and recorded at Abbey Road Studios and in Oxford, UK, with string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra. A video for the brooding five-minute title track directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza, Phantom Thread) also dropped on Monday and it finds singer Yorke contemplating connection in a hectic world.

The black and white clip opens with Yorke sitting alone in a room staring at the projected image of a giant eyeball as a wild wind suddenly whips him, forcing the morose vocalist out into the crowded, buzzing city streets and packed bars, where he appears to float unaffected through the swirling chaos.

Pre-sale tickets for the European tour will go on sale on Wednesday (Nov. 15) at 9 a.m. UK time, with a general onsale following on Friday (Nov. 17) here.

Watch the “Wall of Eyes” video, see the album’s track list and The Smile’s European tour dates below.

Wall of Eyes track list:

The Smile March 2024 tour dates:

March 13 — Copenhagen @ K.B. Hallen

March 15 — Brussels @ Forest National

March 16 — Amsterdam @ AFAS Live

March 18 — Brighton @ Brighton Centre

March 19 — Manchester @ O2 Apollo

March 20 — Glasgow @ SEC Armadillo

March 22 — Birmingham @ O2 Academy

March 23 — London @ Alexandra Palace