Spot on review of The Smile. A good but not great album. Skinner's drums are cool, however I found several of the guitar & bass textures/patterns sounded remarkably familiar from the more recent Radiohead material. Having said that - Free in the Knowledge is a tremendous track; a thing of beauty in fact.
I had tickets for The Roundhouse gig in London on Sunday night but sold them them in order to have a chilled evening at home. I think that says it all.