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LISTEN, PLAYBACK, REPEAT:<\/strong> Sam Smith is back, ya\u2019ll, and thankfully for us, he\u2019s still sorting through all of his personal brokenhearted business by basically putting his journal to smooth beat. A member of my own Brit truth-telling trifecta\u2014holding court with fellow slay-me-with-your-emotional-realness icons Adele and Ed Sheeran\u2014Smith serves up more of his signature post-break up angst with the simple yet soaring, \u2018Too Good at Goodbyes.\u2019<\/p>\n FOR THE RECORD:<\/strong> \u2018Too Good at Goodbyes\u2019 is Smith\u2019s first fresh track to be released since picking up an Oscar for his hot drop of the latest Bond anthem, \u2018Writing\u2019s on the Wall,\u2019 in 2015. That followed his 2014 debut, when he burst onto the scene with his debut album, In the Lonely Hour\u2014every damn download of which should have come with a box of Kleenex as a gift with purchase and automatic \u2018Do Not Call\u2019 block on your ex\u2019s number in your phone. (Ya heard.)<\/p>\n THE FINAL SPIN:<\/strong> Smith\u2019s full new album\u2014touting 10 songs on the standard version, plus four more bonus tracks on the super-size LP\u2014is scheduled for streaming in time for the holidays. Touting collaborations with hit-makers including Timbaland, sign me up for all the glorious, emotional masochism to rock around the Christmas tree to.<\/p>\n Hit the video below to give \u2018Too Good at Goodbyes\u2019 a listen.<\/p>\n