It was released digitally through XL Recordings on, with a physical release set for 17 June. On 20 April 2022, the Smile announced their debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention. Main article: A Light for Attracting Attention In the Guardian, Kitty Empire gave it four out of five, writing that "the Smile are most musically convincing when they stretch farther away from Radiohead", while chief critic Alexis Petridis gave it three, saying it was "intriguing rather than dazzling, intermittently spellbinding, filled with fascinating ideas that don't always coalesce". In NME, James Balmont gave the Smile's London show four out five, describing it as "meticulous, captivating stuff". The shows also included performances of "Open the Floodgates", which Yorke first performed in 2010, and a cover of the 1979 Joe Jackson single " It's Different for Girls". The band played in the round, and debuted several tracks, including "Speech Bubbles", "A Hairdryer", "Waving a White Flag" and "The Same". On January 29 and 30, the Smile performed to an audience for the first time at three shows at Magazine, London, which were livestreamed. Yorke performed a Smile song, "Free in the Knowledge", at the Letters Live event at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in October.
DIY named the album one of their most anticipated of the year, speculating that it would return to "the scrappy, angsty music" of Radiohead's early work. In September, Greenwood said they were still deciding what to include on the album and that it was almost finished. In July 2021, Godrich said that the Smile had recorded an album. The band performed eight songs, with Yorke and Greenwood on guitar, bass, Moog synthesiser and Rhodes piano. The performance was recorded in secret earlier that week and announced on the day of the stream. The Smile made their debut in a surprise performance for the concert video Live at Worthy Farm, produced by Glastonbury Festival and streamed on May 22, 2021. The band take their name from the title of a poem by Ted Hughes Yorke said it was "not the smile as in 'ahh', more the smile as in the guy who lies to you every day". The Smile performing in the round at Magazine, London, in January 2022
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