The Smile - Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles CA, USA - 21/22 Dicembre 2022

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Doppietta finale. Fine del calendario dell’avvento degli Smile.

 Buon Natale 

[Lacatus]

On 12/5/2022 at 2:28 PM, @li said:

Doppietta finale. Fine del calendario dell’avvento degli Smile.

 Buon Natale 

Oggi la prima delle due.

Ci faranno il regalo: stanotte Luxembourg e domani Macerata? 

MagarA! 

[@li]

Nuuuu tra l’altro ho letto che il motivo per cui non firmeranno potrebbe essere un’altra session a KCRW

🙂

[@li]

 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-smile/2022/shrine-auditorium-los-angeles-ca-33bce009.html

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https://www.dailynews.com/2022/12/22/radiohead-side-project-the-smile-thrills-at-sold-out-concert-at-las-shrine

[Billy Beach]

 

Serata 2:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-smile/2022/shrine-auditorium-los-angeles-ca-6bbcde06.html

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https://www.spin.com/2022/12/the-smile-tour-finale-recap/?fbclid=IwAR0P9xaX9JlBCYo8Nk9hF6hKY98jtgXEFCfjjUWWy2mZt6tbHbwvNhGmF-8

 

With 60 performances now under its belt, the Smile has become a ferocious and confident live band. Clearly inspired by the results, Yorke, Greenwood, and Skinner have continued writing new material and workshopping it on the road before recording begins again in the new year, presumably for the band’s follow-up LP. Five new songs were played tonight, the first of which, “Colors Fly,” featured opener Robert Stillman layering saxophone squalls underneath a nervy eastern-sounding modal scale from Greenwood and pulsing bass from Yorke. “Under Our Pillows” was a shimmering dark lullaby of beautiful chord changes and chiming guitar patterns throughout. “Teleharmonic” began sparsely, with Yorke’s staccato vocals gliding across ringing chords, before Greenwood conjured a driving bass groove to push the song towards a swirling climax.

Album highlight (and one-time Radiohead song) “Skirting on the Surface” brought the auditorium to its feet, before Stillman returned for a run of singles (“Pana-vision,” “The Smoke,” and “You Will Never Work in Television Again”) that closed the main set with three of the finest songs Yorke and Greenwood have written in years. The funny thing is that they don’t sound like Radiohead. They sound like the Smile.By the time the encore began with “Open the Floodgates,” the trio’s virtuosic knack for dazzling, interlocking arrangements and effortless instrument swapping was beyond abundantly apparent. The slow build of new song “Bending Hectic” erupted into a heavy extended jam culminating in “Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses,” a standout solo Yorke A-side from 2009.

It is difficult to ignore what the future of Radiohead will be given how satisfying a performance Yorke and Greenwood are capable of delivering with Skinner. Without question, this show was defined by their remarkable presence on stage, not by an absence of any kind. If the pandemic was the necessity that mothered the invention of these songs, perhaps it has all been worth it.

[Lacatus]

On 12/5/2022 at 2:28 PM, @li said:

Doppietta finale. Fine del calendario dell’avvento degli Smile.

 Buon Natale 

Ora che il tour americano è finito, ho deciso che non ascolterò più gli Smile fino a quando non uscirà LP2.

E' tempo di prendersi una bella pausa da questo progetto che dal 5 Gennaio 2022 (giorno in cui è uscita You Will Never Work In Television Again) ha monopolizzato i miei ascolti musicali del 2022.

Ciò non significa che smetterò di frequentare il forum, anche perché ci saranno tante cose da commentare, nuove pubblicazioni di Phil, di Jonny e forse pure di Thom...

Buon Natale, auguri a tutti! 

[@li]

Buon natale anche a te ☺️

[Lurgee]

Buon natale a voi .

[Wanderer]

Buon Natale a tutti 

anche alla magica coppia @jimy84 e  @echoes