Radiohead - The King of Limbs

Where did i criticise Everett True?

Only Everett True could accuse an album in 2011 of sounding like watered-down drum'n'bass. Of course he was, famously, a true junglist back in the day.

He's making a lol claim for relevancy in the post-critic era bless 'im

Seems a bit harsh to criticise a black and white video for being a bit grey.

Aight first impression:

Bloom: Not fond of the drum loop but gets better towards the middle. Weird sort of opener.
Magpie: Loving the loop thing. Sort of dance/krautrock... Fujiya and Miyagi do this sort of sound much better tho.
Little By Little: Funky percussion and downbeat guitars, sounds like Can a lot. Loving it on first listen.
Feral: I guess this is where all those weeks listening dubstep went in. I like the drum loop but nothing particulary impressive, even more considering the album is only 8 tracks long and this sounds more like one of their more experimental b-sides.
Lotus Flower: Sounds like something off of the Eraser and I'm not really listening the whole band... I guess drums and bass are real... Johnny on synths and ed... probably doing the handclaps. Catchiest song so far but probably because it's the only one I've listened more than once.
Codex: Intro stands out since it's the first song that doesn't sound dominated by electronics. Not a whole lot of things going on... it's a typical Radiohead ballad... probably a grower.
Ghost: A standout sound... sounds Neil Young-esque to me. I was actually expecting the whole album to sound something like this. It seems the thing that differentiates this album from other Radiohead albums is the lack of progressive catharsis, all of this songs are more exercises in styles and don't really seem to have definite choruses or the bombastic growing wall of sounds usually found on the other albums.
Separator: Starts off sounding like a solo thom yorke song once again but guitars around the middle lift it up and make it sound gorgeous. Sort of reminds to Scatterbrain on HTTT.

Morning Mr Magpie? so of all the unreleased tracks they've chosen to record the one I wanted them *the least* to :( What does it sound like? I mean, I love the song very much! But I don't trust Radiohead AD 2011 enough to let them mess with it.

gutted by lack of The Present Tense

The Eraser and In Rainbows did very little for me - the aberrant masterpiece of "Reckoner" excepted - but I'm still interested to hear this, but it'll probably be as disappointing as a Gerard Deaprdieu film.

Depardieu

Depradeiu

Derp adieu

Strangers in the night!

Deacon Blue

Morning Mr Magpie? so of all the unreleased tracks they've chosen to record the one I wanted them *the least* to :( What does it sound like? I mean, I love the song very much! But I don't trust Radiohead AD 2011 enough to let them mess with it.

― V79,

Lotus Flower and Ghost have been around as well. Separator is mouse dog bird.

I'm hopefully guessing they will release a series of eps (limbs?) throughout the year. Eight songs leaves me very dissatisfied considering nothing really stuck with me on first listen...

This kinda feels like an EP though. A couple of good songs and a lot of filler

Second listen, still not digging Codex except for the horns/strings. The chord progressions are kind of sappy.

I dunno, moan moan moan, you lot.

Poll

Excellent stuff from The Telegraph's track-by-track:

"Spacey echoes lend a Pink Floyd trippiness, if you can imagine the Floyd remixed by Burial for a post clubbing chill out in an urban underground car park."

It's Radiohead, it's what you'd expect, I like it, I'm going to bed.

Most frustrating thing about this album, to me, is the lack of dynamics. You can turn your speakers up loud before it even starts and never have to worry about it getting too loud. That's where left-turn albums like Portishead's Third seemed to reward repeat listens if you weren't swayed right away. Dynamism led to anticipatory listening, whereas this album is just a string of never-changing buzz.

Yeah, some of the songs are nice, but I'm thinking you either get it the first time around or you don't.

I didn't meant to say I was unhappy about it, I'm sure I will be listening to it all month... it sounds good on first listen and I've had the same sort of feeling with every Radiohead album. They really are more of seducers than attackers.

Yeah, it took me three or four listens to love In Rainbows... I genuinely don't think this one is as good though.

In Rainbows, for its faults, at least had some variation in style. This is just quiet/quieter.

Like Talk Talk?

Ah, I don't think dynamics are necessarily just to do with volume. I'm not going to write it off as one-note till I've dug a little deeper.

Are there any track-by-tracks better than the Telegraph one around? They seem to have got a sixth former in to write it.

a grower/sleeper/quiet radiohead album sounds good to me right now. can't wait to hear this!

ooh that Telegraph review...

Are there any track-by-tracks better than the Telegraph one around? They seem to have got a sixth former in to write it.

― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap)

Mine upthread of course.

So... are the Tim Hecker and PJ Harvey albums better than this one?

PJ's is for sure. I haven't heard the Hecker album.

Still waiting for the postman to bring me the Tim Hecker. Got high hopes though.

Hate the PJ bar one or two tracks, like-love this so far, haven't heard the Tim Hecker yet.

Maybe no dubstep influence but there's a VERY obvious Flying Lotus influence on the first song, especially the part that sounds like someone photocopying an orchestra. You could put it on Cosmogramma and no one would notice. Predictably enough, seeing as Thom Yorke is actually on Cosmogramma.

Only heard the first three songs but it sounds like this is their rhythm album. They've never really done beats particularly well but they seem to be doing so here, picking up from where 15 Step left off. The percussion loop on Little By Little is lovely, like a faster Matias Aguayo, or 10 Villalobos records played over one another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ouOkdgteoY

haha

A meme is born.

'their rhythm album' is a rly dispiriting phrase

Yeah that video is total viralbait, there'll be versions of Thom Yorke dancing to Just Dance, Whip My Hair, hell, any song you can think of within days.

damn, wasn't expecting this to be out already, gonna be a long workday now

u don't have to listen to it

Codex is pretty.

Figures, the site's completely swamped now.

Ah wait...working. I might get to hear this this morning after all.

me: ten minutes ago, waking up to click on this thread to see what the japan thing was *OMGOMGOMG*
me: two songs in, thinking waste of £6. Did their rhythm section has a collective aneurysm?

'Give Up The Ghost' the one that stood out for me on first listen. Playing through a second time now.

All four second half tracks seem really solid, undecided on the first half.

Guardian review:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/18/radiohead-king-limbs-first-review

It's getting better as it goes along - up to Lotus Flower which is alright. But honestly I'm cool with forgetting this existed by the end of the day. At least In Rainbows had meme tracklistings.