Thom Yorke performing with The Smile at All Points East in London on August 28th, 2022 (Adam Hampton-Matthews for Live4ever)
Nick Cave headlined All Points East 2022 on August 28th.
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Smile, Anna Calvi, Jehnny Beth and Sleaford Mods were all part of a packed bill at Victoria Park in London last Sunday.
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood were there after receiving more critical acclaim this year upon the release of The Smile’s debut A Light For Attracting Attention – an album Live4ever praised as being; ‘delicately languorous’, and, ‘so much more than just a stopgap’:
“As with Yorke’s solo material, the atmospherics take prominence. The Same buzzes with unease and dread, that much-vaunted millennial angst of OK Computer now his default setting as he implores ‘people in the streets’ to rise up and unify against our leaders who ‘make one mistake after another’.”
“The ethereal piano on Pana-Vision is complemented by effectively used brass and strings, further prodding the anxiety levels, while on the beautiful Speech Bubbles the orchestra (the London Contemporary, no less) drift in and out of the song, as if momentarily moved to contribute before retreating into the darkness.”
