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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CUTOUTS BY THE SMILE (ramble incoming):
just fucking incredible. after my first listen I can definitively say Bodies Laughing is one of the best The Smile songs, maybe even one of the best songs I've heard. it's just a gorgeous song, tha acoustic guitar just has something about it that gets me, it somehow sounds raw and real, yet has that echoing "wall of sound" aspect that i love about The Smile. hearing the chord change at the "but everybody's laughing" part for the first time hit me like a fucking truck it's so good.
rn another one of my favourites has to be Colours Fly, it's so groovy, and personally i love odd time signatures in music, it just adds a special feel I can't quite describe? it just makes the 1 of the beat really punchy and powerful to me??? the sort of arabic, indian classical sound (?) in the riff is SO GOOD. I really haven't heard much like it. also all the speaking in the background give it an even more off, almost eery feel, (also thoms little HEY! 2 minutes in makes me laugh when i hear it its great) this song just feels off in a good way, almost giving a similar impression to Climbing Up The Walls. I'm itching to see this song live specifically it's really special.
EYES AND MOUTH. the contrast of the really tinny, high guitar riff underpinned by some really beautiful, full, jazzy piano chords is just incredible. and thoms vocals are absolutely KILLER in this track, they just sound so packed with emotion that it's physically spilling out of him into the track, fucking mesmerising. his voice crack at around 2mins 30 just HITS ME IN MY SOUL. this track is getting looped to high hell, absolutely gorgeous.
another track that really spoke to me is Tiptoe, that beginning, dissonant soft piano is something special. again I really love the use of speaking in the background of some of these tracks, to me it makes it feels more raw, and in the moment? on my first listen the orchestra kicking in GOT ME. it really would feel right at home on A Moon Shaped Pool, those strings are so intensely beautiful that I cried my first listen. thoms vocals on this track again are superb, they're so soft in a way that feels like a lullaby to me. i haven't checked out the lyrics for any of these tracks, but from what I hear the line "all of you appeasers and enablers" has stuck in my head since I heard the track. honestly wish this was longer i could listen to those strings all day.
though I wont go into detail about the other tracks, this whole album is packed with quality. ironic is this albums title bc it's probably their best album so far and doesnt feel like the offcuts of Wall Of Eyes in the slightest. this might be another Kid A Amnesiac situation where one could become discredited bc its seen as just a "b-side comp", which I hope doesn't happen. this album is just incredible, rlly blew me out of the water, bc imo the singles released b4 the album were some of the weaker tracks, (apart from Bodies Laughing) (not saying any of these tracks are bad btw they're all fantastic). rlly this is some of the most quality ive ever seen in an album but i expect nothing less from Thom, Jonny and Tom. this is a rlly special record, though I will always hold Wall Of Eyes as my favourite of The Smile, that album is really my baby.
tldr: CUTOUTS WAS AN ABSOLUTE W, WERE RLLY WINNING WITH TWO FANTASTIC ALBUMS THIS YEAR CANT WAIT TO HAVE THIS LOOPED FOREVEEERRRRR
Traditional Dining Room in San Francisco
bibi reden cutouts!
— ♡ req via discord! semi self indulgent rb if using/saving
cutouts to make tiny and cute louis, zayn, niall, and harry 🥰
These little cutout guys are £5. Dm me about it if u want them. (6cm / 2.5 inches)
Little cutout guys!!!
Fruit stickers!!!
Also knife.
Also cucumber slice.
The whole square is about 2.75inches/7cm x 2.75inches/7cm
And some shell stuff measuring at 2.25inches/6cm x 3inches/7.5cm
They are £5 / $6.50 if u want them dm me about it
Some small pride flag coloured eye and snake stickers!!! (and some hearts and mouths bc y not)
The top strip (snakes) is 13cm/5inches x 5.5cm/2.5inches
And the bottom strip (eyes) is 7.5cm/3inches x 5.5cm/2.5inches
They’re £5 / $6.50 collectively, dm me about it if u want them
Pride flag stickersssssssss
The top strip measures at 20.5cm/8inches x 5cm/2inches
The bottom strip measures at 20.5cm/8inches x 4.5cm/1.75inches
They are £5 / $6.50, dm me if u want them
Haha I’m not all measuring these!
Anyway, some small stickers. The biggest one is like 4 inches. Eyes. A mouth. A little face.
They’re £5 / $6.50 for the lot of them, dm me if u want them
A couple small Queer coloured stickers. Measurements in the image descriptions.
£5 / $6.50, dm me if u want them
Sticker stuff or something I guess.
£5/$6.50. Dm me.
