The trio, consisting of Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, have now debuted not one, but two new songs on their current EU tour. Last week, the group performed a new song called “Friend of a Friend” in Croatia, a tune that they had written the same day they performed it. Now, the band has unveiled a new tune called “Bodies Laughing” during a show in Berlin. Footage has emerged on YouTube of the band performing the song, which you can see down below.

Much like “Friend of a Friend”, Yorke said that “Bodies Laughing” had been written the very same day that the group chose to perform it, saying: “So, yesterday we wrote another new song…So we’re gonna try and play it.”

As you can observe from the title of the YouTube footage, there seems to be some speculation that the song is an unheard Radiohead B-side from the archives of the band’s In Rainbows era. Listening to the tune’s mellow guitars, tight drums and Yorke’s soulful, reverberant crooning, it’s not hard to see why such an idea would be thrown around.

You can also listen to/watch live footage of “Friend of a Friend” down below.

In other recent news regarding The Smile, the band are currently (as you may have already gathered) on tour in Europe, and will be very busy performance-wise for the next few months. All information regarding their live appearances, including tickets, can be found here.

The group have also recently been added to the line-up for the forthcoming Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds headlining show at All Points East Festival in London, which will also include acts such as Japanese Breakfast, Sleaford Mods and Michael Kiwanuka. More information regarding All Points East can be found here.

Of course, I probably can’t conclude this article without pointing you towards The Smile’s riveting debut full-length album A Light for Attracting Attention, which was released two weeks ago to very warm reception indeed, from both fans and critics alike. You can listen to the album on all streaming services, and you can stream the hypnotic tune “Thin Thing” at the link below.

The inclusion of Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, and a stripped back 3-piece approach have birthed something brand new: The Smile. Free from the burden of having to progress all of recorded music every few years, free from the legions of angry fans that hate The King Of Limbs because it doesn’t sound enough like Aphex Twin to warrant an IDM association… they can just make an album. Now, after a few months of odd singles and quirky live shows, and the promise of an album on the horizon, it has a release date. A Light For Attracting Attention is set to drop on May 13^th, you can pre-order here. You may also want to hear the album’s 5^th single “Free In The Knowledge” below.

Jonny took to the band’s mailing list to announce the project yesterday. Explaining the confusing wait, he said, “But really, the record still feels worth your time – both the time spent waiting, and the time we’re asking you to invest in hearing it – which is all I can hope for. I’m listening to it constantly, long after I should have had enough, so maybe that’s the right, long-sighted view of this. I hope you have the same experience.”.

Now we have the tracklist, we can take a moment to see what we already know about the album. For anyone who was lucky enough to bag a ticket to the Greenwich shows back in January (like me), you have already heard the whole album – as well as another song that didn’t quite make the cut “Just Eyes And Mouth”, and a cover of Joe Jackson’s “It’s Different For Girls” that also wasn’t album quality apparently.

It was also revealed that the London Contemporary Orchestra plus a full brass section of contemporary UK jazz players, including Byron Wallen, Theon and Nathaniel Cross, Chelsea Carmichael, Robert Stillman, and Jason Yarde, make an appearance in some degree. May 13^th will reveal all.