Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

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"

Ful Stop and The Numbers clear early highlights. This is probably the most texturally homogenous of their albums, individual songs are taking a while to coalesce out of the hazy lushness, but this is not necessarily a criticism when the textures are this rich.

While not "Dad rock", I could actually see my dad really enjoying this album, but that's mostly due to the fact that my dad's favorite album is Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues.

I think rusho was joking about the walter becker "credit" joke

which is a joke aimed at the venn diagram of which I am the exact center lol

My dad loathes Radiohead so I can't describe it as dad rock.

my dad would enjoy a moon shaped pool, or at least a moon shaped hot tub

Man, this album. And I've only gotten through Identikit. I was hearing it wrong at first because the way they drop everything in makes it sound like the first upbeat is the 1, had to rewind it a couple times after that.

Love how the mix slowly morphs on 'Ful Stop', with the drums and vocals being sublimated at first and gradually coming into focus...

xpost - I think getting you to hear it wrong is the intention.

Oh I know, and I like it.

love this album

I'm just now getting around to listening to Daydreaming. I'll get to the album in due time.

I don't really have a place in my life for music like Daydreaming -- I'm 36 years old, and after a LOT of work and reflection I've managed to get to a point where I basically like my life and who I am, and I don't really need to listen to stuff that makes me purposelessly sad.

Joy at sadness: sadness at joy. Still as valid at 36 as it is any other time of life.

That's such a strange attitude to me. Do you not watch movies or read books that cause you to empathize with other people's emotions?

Not saying I avoid anything sad, but I find Radiohead so flatly and aimlessly sad.

I just have lost my patience for generalized ennui.

Daydreaming is kind of boring aside from the little sound effect flourishes in the background

i like daydreaming but it's not really a standout track for me - kind of surprised it was chosen as a single.

it'll be interesting to see alternate tracklistings that people make for this

Daydreaming is a sustained mood piece. It doesn't sound 'sad' to me. It's chilled out and reflective in the same way a lot of In Rainbows is, or How To Disappear Completely.

Daydreaming is a standout