Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Weird, I always wondered what the low sizzle and slight wah were on the EIIRP Rhodes, now I realise it was all a lie

sorry for confusion re:rhodes specifics. that's why i wrote it like this:

one of the definitive *FENDER RHODES* albums

i understand there's actually not much of the actual instrument on the record, it's just that there's a ton of stuff on it that is reminiscent of the rhodes to the point where those things could played on a rhodes and nothing would be lost in translation.

was listening to a moon shaped pool while drifting off to sleep some nights ago and i was in that grey area between lucid and dreaming and i don't remember much about the things i was perceiving, but it sounded about a million times more beautiful than i remembered. when the album ended, i came to long enough to set my headphones on the nightstand and settle in properly to bed and i slept through the entire night without waking up once, a very uncommon thing for me (happens maybe one or twice per year if i had to guess). i didn't have any dreams that i remember, but i woke up the next day feeling like i had overcome something. accomplished something important. it was a very opaque, yet rewarding feeling; surely influenced by the vibe of the album. anyway.

Except that you can't open up the filter/cutoff on a Rhodes!

This explanation makes perfect sense when listening: https://thekingofgear.com/post/630974807221075968/a-photo-of-thom-adjusting-the-prophet-5-during-the

Two different takes of the Prophet 5, one panned to each side, so you get that sound where one of them has the cutoff turned up high while the other still has a more Rhodes-y/squarewave-y tone.

there's a ton of stuff on it that is reminiscent of the rhodes to the point where those things could played on a rhodes and nothing would be lost in translation.

I actually think it's fairly important to EIIRP that it's a distorted reference point and not an actual Rhodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm1w_llg3VI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Vry4Zsdes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0sWb4hmpM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqvkSgur8Fg

the smile streamed some rehearsals today. two run throughs of "look at all the pretty lights", & one each of "free in the knowledge" and "you will never work in television again" - only the latter was played at glastonbury. interesting to hear "free in the knowledge" because it shows they're carrying on with the neil young-esque acoustic side of the last decade of radiohead as well as the jammy side that's been predominant in all the smile material so far.

jonny also said the album is almost done - they're just sorting through the material & figuring out an album tracklist & deciding if they need to put any more work in. it sounds like the thom/jonny dynamic is thom is the perfectionist who wants to keep tweaking the details forever, while jonny is less concerned and would be happier if they released things more often.