A Light for Attracting Attention

by The Smile

A Light for Attracting Attention cover art

On 'A Light for Attracting Attention', Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood team with jazz drummer Tom Skinner to blend post-punk, progressive rock, and electronic elements into a cohesive whole. Produced by Nigel Godrich, the album balances raw, guitar-driven urgency with intricate arrangements, atmospheric piano ballads, and Skinner’s complex, Afrobeat-inflected rhythms. The songs are characterized by Greenwood's layered guitar and keyboard work, while Yorke's lyrics explore familiar themes of paranoia, environmental anxiety, and societal disgust.

Genres

  • Art Rock

Tracklist

  1. The Same
  2. The Opposite
  3. You Will Never Work In Television Again
  4. Pana-vision
  5. The Smoke
  6. Speech Bubbles
  7. Thin Thing
  8. Open The Floodgates
  9. Free In The Knowledge
  10. A Hairdryer
  11. Waving A White Flag
  12. We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings
  13. Skrting On The Surface