Pana-vision
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| "Pana-vision" | ||||
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| Single by the Smile | ||||
| from the album A Light for Attracting Attention | ||||
| Released | 3 April 2022 | |||
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| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | XL | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Nigel Godrich | |||
| The Smile singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Pana-vision" on YouTube | ||||
"Pana-vision" is the fourth single by the English rock band the Smile, released on 3 April 2022.[1] It is included on their debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention.
An animated visualizer directed by Sabrina Nichols, using imagery by the Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood, was released alongside on 3 April 2022.[1][2] Mxdwn.com writer Lauren Floyd called the video "cinematic", saying it features "dramatically elongated and drawn out shapes and figures ... parallel to Yorke's airy falsetto".[3]
On July 20, 2022, the scene from the series finale of the British television series Peaky Blinders that used "Pana-vision" in full three months earlier was uploaded as a separate live-action music video for the song. The music video was directed by series director Anthony Byrne.[4]
Reception
"Pana-vision" received favourable reviews. Loudwire said its "cinematic" title fit its "picturesque piano-driven exploration".[5] The Uproxx writer Adrian Spinelli called the song "decidedly sinister" and said the piano "challenges your mind to understand how the song is supposed to make you feel".[6] Cleber Facchi of Música Instântanea compared the song favourably to Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.[7]
Use in media
"Pana-vision" was used in the Peaky Blinders episode "Lock and Key", which served as the series finale.[8][9] The episode also featured "That's How Horses Are", a solo song by Yorke.[10]
