It looks like Sam Smith is preparing his grand musical comeback after a period in the shadows.

The Londoner has been pretty quiet for the last year or so, having toured his huge 2014 debut 'In the Lonely Hour' to death - but now it seems that he's prepping new music, as the pictures he posted to Instagram yesterday demonstrate.

Smith has been working with regular collaborator Jimmy Napes, as well as r'n'b man Timbaland - so we can perhaps expect a different angle for his TBC second album.

Either way, it seems that recording is underway.

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