Oh for Christ's sake
― fgti, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
hahahaaaa
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
incredible website
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link
Interesting to see the production on In Rainbows being described as "dry" when huge parts of it are soaked in reverb.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
the drums are super dry (except for, like, the tambourine on 'Reckoner')
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Also, I don't think The King of Limbs was a "band all playing together at the same time" record in the sense that In Rainbows was. 'Bloom', 'Morning Mr Magpie', 'Little By Little' and 'Feral' in particular sound very much like they were pieced together digitally. A lot of cutting/pasting/chopping up/digital re-stitching and massaging going on there, which is why the live versions sound completely different - they're "re-arranged" so they can played as a band.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
x-post:
They're not dry, though. If anything, the drums on stuff like 'Nude' sound very closely miked. I like that sound, though.
"Dry" to me is Metallica's ...And Justice For All.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
the king of limbs was largely pieced together from loops they made i think
― ufo, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
I suppose In Rainbows would sound incredible with a cavernous Bryan Adams power ballad snare sound, though. I mean, really.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, it's definitely a heavily computerized record for the most part. Aside from things like 'Give Up The Ghost' and 'Codex', which sound like live takes which have then had the effects added later.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
the drums on say 'Weird Fishes' sound so home studio-y to me, very exposed and unadorned, like if i just threw up some 57s and left it at that. they used similar drum sounds on other albums/songs, but compare it to like anything on HttT where there's a much wider, more compressed, expensive-sounding snare.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
I can see why they didn't go for overkill on reverb on the drums, though. It allows for more space in the mix for reverbs elsewhere, such as on the vocals etc.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
decent new song! it'll be interesting to hear it in the context of the rest of the album.
i am always really surprised that Separator doesn't ever get a shout out when it comes to KoL. i guess people are just kind of burned out by the end of the album (even though it's relatively short) but that song TOWERS over the rest of the album
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:58 (eight years ago) link
I like it.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
I love that part in 'Separator' when the high guitar part comes in. I think the studio version could have been better though - there's a great song there that I don't think they got the best out of.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
sad for the old radiohead messageboard people (i was a regular there from 2000-04ish), it looks like the board was erased along with everything else. but it's probably just temporary, and having your favorite msgboard taken away from you is probably beneficial for mental health anyway
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
Also having Radiohead taken away from you, or indeed everyone
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
darraghmorbs
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
Gimme fifty years I'll be a lot worse than he is now
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link
Separator and Bloom are awesome. I might be one of the few Radiohead fans who loved KoL. The bass and drums throughout make the album, also the calm songs like Codex or GUTG have some beautiful harmonies and subtle details as they progress.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
super psyched the dude survived the fire btw, i was getting anxious
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
They really fucked up not adding Staircase and Supercollider as part of the album tho
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Wow, this new song is epic.
― Austin, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
This new song is making me very excited for the new album. It's that steve reich-kraut-repetitive crescendo trick they've done many times before but it sounds great with the string orchestration substituting the synths/guitars.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
'Codex' has grown into a big favourite of mine, actually... it's such a beautiful melody, and I love the piano sound on it.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
yeah 'Codex' and 'Give Up the Ghost' are actually my favorites on that. not a big fan of how the drums and percussion samples are deployed on the early tracks, so the stripped down tracks work best.
I find Tomorrow's Modern Boxes really rewarding actually. Not much in the way of hooks but I think of it more as an instrumental record, love the piano/synth/electronic percussion sound palette.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
i liked TMB, but it seemed to exemplify yorke's increasingly common practice of moaning "oooooooooooooooooohs" over things that would otherwise be instrumental. he's always done that to some degree, of course, but at this rate his 2026 solo album will just be called "ooooooooooooooooh" and will feature nearly 100 different tracks of him going "oooooooooooooooooh", lovingly layered over a backing track of him going "ooooooooooooooooooh"
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
Essence of Yorke, right there.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
lol Karl
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
song is rad
― Treeship, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
i like yorke's practice of moaning "oooooooooooh"
― Treeship, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
i do too, in moderation! but its presence seems to be increasing and it seems like a crutch sometimes, in place of a more detailed instrumental passage, or real lyrics, or an interesting shift to the song structure.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link
I mean Sigur Ros made a career out of singing uuuuuuuu's
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
But yeah, Jonny is the real main man behind Radiohead. His arrangements have been moving the band forward since the days of OKC.
anyway, no reason to moan about it here (ooooooooooooooh), but i'm hoping it won't be plastered all over the album
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
i wonder if they stuck with the 2-drummer setup for this one?
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:31 (eight years ago) link
colin's great on the bass on this one, as usual
― warm winds and clear skies, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
Ed is the most underrated member of the band, IMO.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
no your mom is.
― I do not recall a death-free day. (map), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 20:57 (eight years ago) link
The strings still sound sinister, and Colin Greenwood's bass gets a cortisone injection, but because I've never cared what Thom Yorke mewls about or the mewl itself I'm dismissing it as another example of Radiohead's facile paranoia, their projecting portent into a cliché or slogan that can't support it.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
idk the lyrics struck me as blunter than usual but so is humanity's death spiral in 2016.
― I do not recall a death-free day. (map), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
all the more reason to stop the mewling!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:46 (eight years ago) link
stop it with ur thom yorke witch hunt
― Treeship, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
i'm glad they're doing what they do and this song is a decent version of it. i'll probably like and/or love the new album and listen to it in some kind of weird way, like exclusively for a month then never again, or strictly for running only. i'll definitely avoid talking about it on the internet or in public because of this band's tendency to bring out the most excruciatingly inane commentary from otherwise pleasant (or not) people, myself included.
― I do not recall a death-free day. (map), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Musically I rather like this but Thom Yorke is pretty much a caricature of himself vocally now. I can get past it though.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Never liked TKOL myself so if this better than that it's good enough for me I guess
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:55 (eight years ago) link
slightly terrified that fgti's revulsion upthread is directed not at this song but at my comments :/ if so, sorry
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
everyone who took issue with my mischaracterization of tkol upthread: you're right, a lot of that album is sculpted from loops, i just sometimes confuse the better live versions for the actual album
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
never be sorry hon xp
i'm also a fan of tkol, i like how casual it sounds.
― I do not recall a death-free day. (map), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
no imago! I like everything about RH except their fanbase and singer, and I think the score for The Master is the best modern score, and obv this is not a ripoff it's more like "we both enjoy The Desert Music and Cluster"
― fgti, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link