The Smile Confirms Third Album ‘Cutouts’ After Cryptic Messages
The Smile has officially announced Cutouts, after dropping a series of clues on social media. The LP, their third, is set for release on Oct. 4.
“We lovingly submit our latest 45-minute (?) record Cutouts,” the Smile said in an new statement, “to be swallowed up by the fast running stream, down into the giant ever-growing river and on to the sea.” Cutouts is available for pre-order now on compact disc, black or white vinyl, cassette and digital formats.
New videos for “Zero Sum” and “Foreign Spies” were also released. See both clips, a complete track listing and album artwork below.
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Internet sleuths have been working feverishly to sort and solve clues from the supergroup featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. One Instagram post, for instance, was said to spell out the words “three zero sum” when using a Polybius cipher. The best guess was that these clues hinted at song titles.
