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    THE SMILE

    Feb 18, 2022 2 minutes
    SAM RICHARDS

    Magazine, London, January 29

    ” The William Blake poem playing over the PA as the band shuffle onstage answers the question about how The Smile got their name, if not the one about why Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood didn’t just ring the other three and call it Radiohead. Still, you can see the advantages. There is anticipation and excitement in the air, but probably not the

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