After debuting it on the Montreux Jazz Competition final yr, the Smile have formally launched the brand new music “Bending Hectic.” The trio recorded the studio model of the monitor at London’s Abbey Street Studios this yr. Sam Petts-Davies—who’s labored with Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Frank Ocean, and extra—produced the monitor, and the London Up to date Orchestra performed strings. Hearken to “Bending Hectic” beneath.
“Bending Hectic” is the primary single from the Smile since they launched their debut, A Mild for Attracting Consideration, final yr. The band didn’t embody the music on its Montreaux Jazz Competition reside album.
Sam Petts-Davies’ work with Radiohead stretches again to the mid-2010s when he served as a recording engineer on Jonny Greenwood’s Junun. He continued his engineer work with Radiohead on the deserted James Bond music “Spectre,” 2016’s A Moon Formed Pool, and the retrospective OK Laptop OKNOTOK 1997 2017. Petts-Davies has additionally contributed to Thom Yorke’s Suspiria, Frank Ocean’s Blonde, and extra.
Examine A Mild for Attracting Consideration at No. 21 on Pitchfork’s “The 50 Greatest Albums of 2022.”