Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

they have, consciously i guess, dropped off a lot of their standard tropes and instead applied what sounds like an incredible amount of attention to detail over strong material.

it's a healthy sign when a lot of these tracks sound like the ultimate configuration of them as a band. ful stop is what they were reaching for on Hail to the Thief but never quite pulled off. current obsession "tinker tailor..." where they've managed to cohere what they never quite managed on Amnesiac (plus it's some of the most chillingly beautiful yorkeian vox yet).

unfashionable as it is not to approach radiohead with levels of snark, theyve done exactly what they needed to and it feels rewarding to dip into. great job, gents.

the production on this is so prettyyyyyyyyyy

I just realized what "The Numbers" reminds me of: recent Motorpsycho!

im glad radiohead still likes to get krauty, this is a v krauty record to me

i repeat, the production on this record is pretty as fuck, it is the prettiest record theyve ever done.

i agree it's v pretty and krauty. full stop reminded me of the most recent beak album + thom

Yeah I'm p taken by the production. As tunes, "Ful Stop" and "Identikit" probably stand out most so far.

i'll say this, the treatment of the drums are different than anything theyve ever done. hard to put my finger on it, but it feels very relaxed (slow pace prolly), muted, not a lot of bangers in this regard.

PERSONAL.-
Radiohead.-
Colin Greenwood – Bass
Jonny Greenwood – Guitar, Piano
Ed O’Brien – Guitar
Phil Selway – Drums
Thom Yorke – Vocals
PARTE TECNICA.-
Nigel Godrich – Producer
Stanley Donwood – Artwork
Walter Becker – Guest on Ful Stop

Is this the Walter Becker I'm thinking of???

this is one of my favorite things theyve ever done. im a 'kid a' partisan. i have a kid amnesiac playlist thats my go-to radiohead stuff. this touches a completely different emotional center for me.

btw this true love waits is so much better than videotape.

xp

hahaha thats dope!

listening for the first time right now, 'The Numbers' just started. Still processing that 'True Love Waits' is on here. Unreal. love this record so far, so much better than TKOL. melancholic, reflective, grown up in a way...hard to explain. it really is a leap forward. so glad to have them back.

How would they tell Becker apart from Yorke?

lol

Is it just my imagination or does "decks dark" get a little funky in the last minute?

Tidal link, for anyone looking: tidal.com/album/60215409. Lossless, one might add.

"The Numbers" is some bongos and afro percussion away from a balearic edit. It's become probably my favorite one today.

Guy from Steely Dan is indeed in the record iirc

http://www.pergunnareriksson.se/images/WalterWatch.jpg

Anyone still ride for Two Against Nature?

Anyone still ride for Two Against Nature?

― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, May 8, 2016 8:25 PM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just scored a used copy of this last month, my gf and i are big fans of gaucho. put it on in the car, sounded a lot like gaucho, then half an hour passed and we both realized we forgot we were listening to it. muzak success?

Everything Must Go is sharper imo

sigh at "pastoral" already showing up in the opening graf of Pareles' NYT writeup

lol pareles being lazy? no way

I'm losing my mind that Walter Becker is on this record

wait don't let that be fake

Becker's last solo album >>> the last two Steely Dan albums

Becker's last solo album >>> the last two Steely Dan ten Radiohead albums

uhh radiohead and steely dan albums are complex and therefore cannot be ordered

Haven't heard this and won't neither but it's shit

cool

i'm finally getting a chance to listen right now! onto Decks Dark now

decks dark is siiiiiiick

So, I purchased the vinyl, but was not given a download link. Do I have to wait until June to hear it?!

― Austin, Sunday, May 8, 2016 11:11 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Austin, did you get a download link? website seems to imply that you have to buy the fancyman vinyl/cd/Thom's cold in syringe package to get a download link.

i'm so happy they managed to make another record that sounds nothing like any of their other records

I did not receive a link, so yes, I've technically bought it twice.

**shrug**

It's a fantastic album that'll keep me entertained for a long time, so I really don't have take issue with it.

phil selway is a much better drummer than he used to be

Strings on The Numbers very Vannier. Lovely orchestrations on this. This sounds like J. Greenwood's baby all the way. And it's mixed beautifully. A+++ though I can't tell what the heck Thom Yorke is on about on any of the songs.

Fiddling with the image on the order site for the deluxe-book-edition of the album I am pretty sure the two extra tracks mentioned are Spectre and something called Ill Wind.
http://i.imgur.com/ijHoZH6.jpg

I got a download link and I didn't purchase the deluxe version. I think if you bought the physical version you're entitled to the digital files.

The thing I love about the True Love Waits arrangement is all the violins in the background very gently tapping their bows against the strings.

No download with the standard CD, according to the official store:

https://amsp.wasteheadquarters.com/products/cd

Spectre's disappeared off iTunes as a standalone single - I'm sure you used to be able to get it?

ha..

* (This is) a piece of a Radiohead ½ inch master tape from an actual recording session.
The tape degrades over time and becomes unplayable. We thought rather than it ending up as landfill we would cut it up and make it useful as a part of the special edition. A new life for some obsolete technology...
Each loop contains about ¾ of a second of audio - which could be from any era in the band's recording past going back to Kid A. You may have silence, you may have coloured leader tape, you may have a chorus... It's a crapshoot.
We have copies. Don't worry.

Not listened yet. I'd like the vinyl version.. Why can't I get a download before I get my record? I Don't want to buy it twice!

finally radiohead release the dad-rock album we all knew they had in them

If you think this is dadrock, then... fuck knows. I mean it's not abrasive dissonant FUCK YOU techno noise to alienate and horrify, but dadrock is Travis, Bread, Coldplay. This is not that, at all, even slightly. Yes, it's kind of absolutely identifiable as Radiohead and sounds exactly as you'd expect a Radiohead record to sound right now given everything that's gone before, but I don't think they could have done anything else after 30 years together.

It really ought to be "moon-shaped" though, right?

Nah, they're talking about a person named moon (Keith?) and how they influenced the game of billiards

lol

"He sure did. His influence can also be seen in modern ping-pong"