The Smile – Zero Sum (Official Music Video)

What kinda headphones are you all using? What eq settings in iTunes? Cause until I heard these songs live, I didn’t get it at all. The production feels so muted and quiet ….make it more punchy get that guitar right up front! Might be the craziest guitar piece Johnny’s written. (For the record, I turned off the eq settings on iTunes to get the most unadulterated version of the tracks and the most volume possible. Maybe that’s a mistake?)

As a visual artist watching generative AI trained on stolen art cut into my ability to make a living, this song has become an anthem for me in a world that no longer gives a shit about artists. It's just lifeless content now – "a cutout trying to fill the void." Thank you Thom and The Smile.

Incredible is the disappointment produced by Yorke's political stance in the face of Israel's cruel invasion of Palestine, looking the other way while thousands of people die and their rights are violated. It also gives them the courage to do concerts in Latin American countries, knowing the dark bloody history behind them caused by pirate and colonizing countries. Really these artists like Thom Yorke, people would think of their great sensitivity and management of their thoughts, but no, there is the big rich and tough kid Israel beating the weak one and everyone watching without doing anything.