New Radiohead LP

Noumenon · Post by **Noumenon** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:45 am

Holy shit.

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:15 am

turquoise70 wrote:i liked Lotus Flower. That's the first Radiohead song I've liked since Creep. This is a landmark event for me!

and creep is a terrible song!

ryetronics · Post by **ryetronics** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:27 pm

The percussion on this album is superb... especially Lotus Flower. Sounds like all live drumming, no programming, which makes it even better.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:15 pm

Taking my first listen now and it's great, but if I'd guessed what it was going to sound like, it wouldn't have been a million miles away from this. Still, an average Radiohead album is still better than 99% of the other stuff out there at the minute I guess?

By the way, seems us BOC fans aren't the only ones who over-analyse our favorite bands. Check this out on Puddlegum. What do we reckon? OK Computer and In Rainbows linked in this way? Should make for an interesting playlist if nothing else.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:38 pm

Damn, I need to hear this! To bad I am short on cash at the moment...

Retrodreaming · Post by **Retrodreaming** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:25 pm

Codex is f**ing awesome!!

portiss · Post by **portiss** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:26 pm

I need to get this, and soon ..

2020k · Post by **2020k** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:39 am

I personally think the record is great. Not really up to par lyrically, but it seems like this record is really minimal, so I'll let it slide. It's interesting to see how it rates as far as Dynamic Range though. Pretty noisy.

http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=7660

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:47 pm

The new video is cracking me up...

Sorry but his dancing is hilarious.

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:39 pm

Yeah, Thom's dancing has always been hilariously spastic.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:22 pm

hmm, i just cant seem to connect with radiohead anymore...shame.

saurus · Post by **saurus** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:03 pm

I started not liking it, but it has the Kid A effect on me. I listened again, and again and again. It's almost mantra-esque.

Radiohead are just astonishing

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:14 am

Woah.

portiss · Post by **portiss** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:13 am

On my first listen I didn't like the first song, but the rest is pretty darn good!

Möbius · Post by **Möbius** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:49 am

bleak. wrote:hmm, i just cant seem to connect with radiohead anymore...shame.

I suffer from a similar disconnect to Radiohead these days. They are a talented bunch to say the least, but The King of Limbs really severed the personal connection I had to their music. I enjoy Lotus Flower and Codex quite a bit though.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:19 am

Möbius wrote:
bleak. wrote:hmm, i just cant seem to connect with radiohead anymore...shame.
I suffer from a similar disconnect to Radiohead these days. They are a talented bunch to say the least, but The King of Limbs really severed the personal connection I had to their music. I enjoy Lotus Flower and Codex quite a bit though.

i even gave it the 'driving around wales, stoned, at 6 in the morning treatment' (this sounds pathetic i know) it just didn't click.

polar sky · Post by **polar sky** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:43 pm

After listening to it again, I can't help but feel the rest of the band had very little to do with this release. I am a bit disappointed in this release as a Radiohead album and not as a Thom Yorke solo.

rolypablo · Post by **rolypablo** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:45 pm

I think it's a great Radiohead album that will sit nicely in their collection.

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:53 pm

polar sky wrote:After listening to it again, I can't help but feel the rest of the band had very little to do with this release. I am a bit disappointed in this release as a Radiohead album and not as a Thom Yorke solo.

Possibly, but it's hard to say. Jonny likes doing a lot of synth and programming stuff in addition to the string and orchestral arrangements he's known for, Phil probably wrote some of the rhythms (plus the parts he played in live to be looped and rearranged), there's guitars and bass, etc.

The band wasn't in the studio playing through full songs live to put on the album, but I think they were all involved in some way or another, and probably contributed their own ideas and parts to the songs. There's a lot of layering and subtle background parts going on that are easy to miss on the first few listens, especially if you're not listening close on good headphones.

novayshun · Post by **novayshun** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:16 pm

polar sky wrote:After listening to it again, I can't help but feel the rest of the band had very little to do with this release. I am a bit disappointed in this release as a Radiohead album and not as a Thom Yorke solo.

i agree 100%. Left me slightly disappointed.

Perhaps some more listens are in order.