A couple of songs in and I'm already excited by The Smile, the new project by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner, working with longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.
Opening salvo You Will Never Work In Television Again kicked off 2022 in raucous style, whilst The Smoke is a bass-and-horns driven beast, which cried out for a dub reworking.
The Smile has duly obliged, with none other than the mighty Dennis Bovell serving up an extended dub remix that really hits the spot. Dennis introduced the song on Mary Anne Hobbs Radio 6 show on Thursday night - I hesitate to call it an interview as it's so brief - but you can listen to the snippet here.
There's also a video on YouTube of Thom performing another song by The Smile at the Letters Live event at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 30th October 2021. It's a beautiful synth-and-acoustic number called Free In The Knowledge.