The Smile are the band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with drummer Tom Skinner who are playing a big 3Arena show this year.
Having announced their support act, and the new second album Wall Of Eyes, due on January 26th through XL Recordings, The Smile have announced surround sound album playback of Wall Of Eyes at a series of one-off events hosted at independent cinemas between January 18-25th, one of which will take place at the Irish Film Institute, (IFI) in Dublin on January 24th.
There’s also a night in Belfast.
The night features:
- Wall Of Eyes album playback in its entirety, for the first and only time with surround sound and accompanying never-before-seen footage of the album’s recording sessions.
- The world film premiere of Friend Of A Friend and a presentation of Wall Of Eyes, both directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and shot on 35mm film*
- A programme looking back over Paul Thomas Anderson’s previous directorial collaborations with both Thom Yorke and Radiohead to include ANIMA (short film) and Radiohead’s Daydreaming (35mm),Present Tense & The Numbers.
* 35mm presentations available at select locations
Available at the event:
- Unique, limited-edition cassette of the album
- Exclusive T-Shirts
- The Smile ‘Zine
Tickets for Dublin available from 10:00AM GMT, Thursday 18th January from Eventbrite.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
