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some of the most thought provoking shit I have read in a long time, thank you Kate

wow, what a post [blinking, applause]
thank you for taking the time to think/write that

Very interesting pov Kate. Glad to see you around here and give your insight into this sort of thing.

Just want to note that Johnny’s wife is anti-vax but afaik she isn’t a transphobe or is liking or retweeting transphobic tweets.

🤮

that was to moka lol. fantastic post kate.

:/ what did i do wrong now?

"Thin Thing" is the first song by The Smile that really and truly knocked me for a loop.

(I like the other cuts released so far, they're just not kicking my ass yet.)

the smile album definitely does the material more justice than the livestream performance, it's really reliant on jonny's orchestral arrangements to fill in the gaps

but among radiohead albums this would still be near the bottom, there's some nice stuff like "open the floodgates" and "speech bubbles" but also lot of meandering grooves in weird time signatures

general feeling is somewhere between amsp and httt neither of which is a favourite of mine

Yeah strong HTTT vibes on some tracks which is my least favorite album of them.

It’s more interesting than Thom’s solo efforts so I think it’s good that they took it out of their system.

“Open the floodgates” and “free in the knowledge” were good enough to be saved for LP10.

Most interesting aspect is the drums. I love Phil but love how the drums sound in here.

This is the way more interesting and satisfying than the Yorke solo albums, which try as I might I never warmed to.

i like the eraser a lot more than this, this is probably better than some of the others though

Ah yes Eraser is amazing and gets better as time goes by.

This is my second favorite radiohead-related, non-radiohead album tho

general feeling is somewhere between amsp and httt neither of which is a favourite of mine

These are two of my very favorite Radiohead records so I look forward to listening

I’m on my third listen. “The Same” rules

And yeah, to me it sounds like a Radiohead album with a different drummer (one I prefer, vastly, for their new music, but ymmv)

yesss this album absolutely rules

Loving this

"free in the knowledge" is so albarn-esque it's uncanny

This album is really lovely

i haven't listened to albarn in ages - which track(s) are you thinking of?

ballads like "sweet song", it's just an extremely albarn-esque melody

This is my second favorite radiohead-related, non-radiohead album tho

don't leave us hanging moka! what's ur favorite?

"A Hairdryer" is a great jam (with a silly title) and according to Spotify play counts I'm listener number... 2709? That's not a lot of plays for a release like this!
https://i.imgur.com/CvEpn5x.png

Spotify is weird about counting plays in the first few days after release, not sure why but it's not really accurate. On the artist side they don't even show you stats until 3-4 days in.

god what a dope album

can't stop listening to it

It gets stronger the more I listen.

this is the most obvious comment i could make but the drumming is fucking bonkers

yeah, he really brings it on Thin Thing. you can almost see him just laying that down and the other two joining in and knowing exactly what energy to bring. his playing is controlled lightning all over it, so good.

my favorite lil moment on the album is on the The Same at 2:16. i can only call it "haunting". credit to nigel because the production on just that single line is almost frightening - it sounds like someone moving through walls.

Somebody's hearing voices
(Somebody's going down, down, down)

I found that strummy track ("Free In The Knowledge" I guess?) quite annoying, but a lot of the rest is really great. I will need to settle into it with a few more spins soon.

Now listening for that, KM

Agree with the praise, "Open The Floodgates" is my early fave. I hear a ton of cosmic music flourishes throughout. Is this a side project or has Radiohead disbanded?

I love “free in the knowledge” but the production is a saturared mess tbh

it's a side project that exists because the others weren't available to make music during the height of the pandemic

(Arranger) Hugh Brunt the MVP of this album. Greenwood is amazing but it’s so interesting to hear another approach

Also considering how ambivalent I am about Yorke’s lyrics and singing on Radiohead albums (more a comment on my own fatigue than his craft) I am adoring his voice on this

His voice sounds younger somewhat in this. In modern Radiohead albums he uses the falsetto more discreetly and it sounds a bit whiny. In here he almost sounds as good as he sounded in The Bends.

Maybe not stressing his voice on tour helped.

also lot of meandering grooves in weird time signatures

Okay, I'm sold!

Meandering grooves in weird time signatures is how I’d describe most of Radiohead post OKC tbh

In Rainbows would like a word

Yeah In Rainbows is them proving they can still nail “normal rock song structures” if they want to. It’s still the most accesible album they’ve released in 20 years as a band.

I’d argue there’s still plenty of meandering in weird time signatures even there.

Not a bad thing in my book, it’s what makes them one of the few active rock bands I care about.

it's only really this & httt that emphasise weird time signatures, there's only the occasional track elsewhere

both otm

there was that hidden weird time signature in Videotape even...

syncopation is a different thing

You’re really going to make me check this… let’s go.

HTTT has 4 out of 14 songs with weird (non 4/4) time signatures: 2+2=5, Sail to the Moon and Wolf at the Door, Go to Sleep.
28%

Kid A: 4 out of 10. EIIRP, HTDC, In Limbo, Morning Bell.
40%

Amnesiac: 0%

In Rainbows: 3 out of 10. 15 Step, Nude, Faust Arp
30%

TKOL: 1 out of 8. Codex
12.5%

AMSP: 5 out of 14. Daydreaming, Decks Dark, Desert Island Disk, Ful Stop, Present Tense.
35%

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