Free-flowing trio thesmiletheband kept diehards guessing on second night at acllive.
, and there are plenty of them in Austin — a total of around 5,500 packed out consecutive sold-out shows at ACL Live on Sunday and Monday, the band’s first 2023 stateside tour dates of a 17-city run.I was able to make it out for the second show, which featured the same mesmerizing 19-song set list as the previous, but in an alternate order. The sequencing reflected the group’s natural ebb and flow of dreamy captivators and heavier, frenetic epics .
Yet it’s arguable that the bulk of their songs defy any notion of congruent styles. Mid-set new song, “Colours Fly,” for example, mixed prog jazz beats via Skinner, sections of eerie guitar emitted by Greenwood running a violin bow over his strings, and Yorke effusing and looping echoing melodies and shouts reminiscent of Radiohead’s sonic saga “Everything in Its Right Place.
The latter tune underscored how the Smile can satiate the appetite of Radiohead’s most ardent fans, those chomping at the bit for a new album; it’s a rework of a number first played in bare-bones form all the way back in 2001 — a gift to keep the zealots gratified. The song also illustrates another similarity between the OG group and the current trio: their ability to keep people guessing.
If Radiohead never reunites, at least, it seems, we’re witnessing the next phase in their evolution, and thankfully there are no signs of them disappearing anytime soon.has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press.
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