The Smile - Read The Room

Artwork by Stanley Donwood
Animation by Sabrina Nichols

#thesmile

[floooobzdagget]

Imagine being at this stage of your career and putting out face-melting, spine tingling, intense psychedelic music like this?!?! Amazing!

[dima_bro__]

Whole "wall of eyes" album made my day. This song is crazy!

[artemism]

For me, it's a best track on "Wall of Eyes" from beginning till the end. Under Pillows and Wall of Eys also really good tracks.

[Killadey]

Thom is a legit great bass player, his playing on this is fuckin classy.

[theorangeoof]

3:12 Fun Fact: This part here was originally it's own song called "Flanger" that was just incorporated into Read the Room as a second act.

[kaioo]

4:37 reminds me of body snatchers when it goes into the break and followed by the lyrics shortly after that go "Has the light gone out for you? Because the light's gone out for me" man these guys continue top deliver gems

[ilovewinnertpot]

my brother has been listening to this very often, he says it's the best song in the universe and I do agree.

[thefallguy]

I think Thom n the gang have certainly imbibed the pyschoactive goodness. And it shows. Stupendous music and art.

[pliozhkapliozhkapliozhkapl]

This buzzing guitar reminds me Robert Fripp so much

[flynn]

And when the time is right
And when the end has come
Maybe you can't, maybe you can't be arsed (Can't be arsed)
For half a million (For half a million)
That's your opinion
That's how your story goes
A magic rain-, a magic rainbow (A magic rainbow)
So big, it bends the light high, high

You know it takes away
It takes the fun out
Maybe I can't, maybe I can't be arsed
This crashing currency
These kind of phone calls (These kind of phone calls)
These candy aerosols
These massive e-, these massive egos
So big, they bend the light high, high

Who knows what it wants from me?
This goes where it wants to be
Honey for the honey bee
But I am gonna count to three
Keep this shit away from me

Honestly?
Maybe you should read the room
What on earth?
Come on, honey, read the room

Who knows what it wants from me?
This goes where it wants to be
Honey for the honey bee
But I am gonna count to three
Keep that shit away from me

Come on out
Come on out
We know
You're in there
We know
You're in there
Everybody thinks so
Everybody thinks so
Everybody thinks so

[MichaelForbes-dp]

Watching these videos get posted is like watching music history unfold right before your eyes. Insomnia has its advantages.

[roboj]

goes from Larks Tongues Starless Crimson to Kinks Village Green to Sonic Youth jazzmaster-basher heaven. i'm dead.

absolutely bloody brilliant

[EvTrev]

The absolute cheek of you guys to just keep putting out totally solid music

[suzycat]

This is some hypnotic psychedelic 60's inspired taking in this weird dystopian World.😮
Loved the live version, hearing echoes from Burn the Witch & other greats, miraculous musicianship with Thoms soaring voice giving us a blast of the absurdity of Life experience .❤

[spelunkymonke]

So far, my favourite track from the album. This song is so mesmerizing, and it does not allow you to not pay attention👌

[АлексейРоманов-пл]

That 11\8 blew my mind.
Thank you for your art activity. Please don't stop.

[DeepGrooveStation]

So far, my favourite track from the album. This song is so mesmerizing, and it does not allow you to not pay attention

[nicolasm]

An instant classic. What a band, what an album. Their debut and this one made me compose music again, after a nearly 10 year pause. It's insane how complex, hauntingly beautiful they have become. They are constantly reinventing themselves, always finding something new, fresh, daring. Thank you gentlemen, for everything you've done.

[Americaisplastic]

This album is getting more and more interesting

[samhenryNL]

I feel stuff coming together in a best of both worlds, in this case Bangers & Mash and I Might Be Wrong.