Radiohead - In Rainbows

sorry wrong thread maybe? it may have been on the other radiohead thread

billy are you serious?!

The guitar riff on "Bodysnatchers" sounds like Wire circa Read And Burn. Me likey.

Loving "House of Cards."

Billy, I suspect it's an issue with the tagging?

The sound feels really un-labored over. They've still got all their tricks, but it's almost all live drums and it feels like there aren't as many layers as on the last couple. It reminds me the most of Amnesiac, except with way less electronics?

lol @ Radiodread on "House of Cards"

billy are you serious?!

I presume you mean about Lastfm? Yes.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/1532701141_adeb06ae7d.jpg?v=0

Weird, tags comes up ok on my page overview (unterwasser, if anyone's interested).

10 song albums are the best

OTM mike a. House of Cards is a fucking tune. First time through I was suffering a bit of fatigue by that point, but on a second listen it really stood out. Also really really liking 15 Step and All I Need. The situation remains fluid though--may end up liking one of the others more.

someone do a poll!

I missed the kids cheering on the first track, where is it?

it's a bit too early for a poll, i think. this album has barely sunk in.

Blimey, Petridish has given it five stars http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/10/radioheads_in_rainbows_is_it_a.html

http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/31706

The Kids aren't happy.

Very good indeed. Like it a lot. Must relisten.

The kids need to get a life.

Anyone who can compare this to Talk Talk is a really stupid cunt who needs to educate themselves on how to fucking listen asap.

The ironing is delicious. Because no one would ever accuse Talk Talk of being boring. Or old. Or shit.

(For the record, I like Talk Talk; but would never defend them on the grounds of not being boring)

Ned - you mean you haven't blogged it already? Fucking amateur.

i like that this album has ushered in the return of the release date. everyone excitedly listening at once instead of the scattered mess that leaks have made major releases in the past 6 years. it's great listening knowing everyone else is absorbing the album at once.

"Reckoner" is nice, "House of Cards" and the "Jigsaw" song VERY nice.

Didn't like Jigsaw.

i like that this album has ushered in the return of the release date. everyone excitedly listening at once instead of the scattered mess that leaks have made major releases in the past 6 years. it's great listening knowing everyone else is absorbing the album at once.

abso-fucking-lutely.
its this kind of mass excitement thats missing with album releases cos of the world of leaks.

has this leaked yet

yes.

The album ends really strongly, great second half. I'm listening again to get a better feeling for the beginning.

Gah! I want to be home so I can listen to this! I checked my e-mail before I left for work, but neither had come yet. They're both there now though.

Radiohead have never been particularly good at doing chilly.
-- Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:47 (4 hours ago) Link

*cough* IDIOTEQUE

billy "15 step"s plays are all the live versions! whereas "arpeggi" has only been subtitled "weird fishes" for the studio version.

it is NOICE.

lolol

it's great listening knowing everyone else is absorbing the album at once.

Agreed. Being up late last night for the dl and following along with everyone as we absorb is the most fun I've had on ILM in ages.

wow, this is approx 50 times better than I expected! Not totally convinced by what they've done to "nude", but a lot of this record is gorgeous, especially "all I need" and "videotape". Perhaps I should even to back to HTTT...

Also everyone totally OTM re return of excitement of release dates. Presumably there are kids out there experiencing this for the first time?

I like the guitar playing on this record. On House of Cards and 15 Step it kind of reminds me of Mark Knopfler or some recent Stephen Malkmus. A lot of chords being plucked, kind of jazzy even.

I don't think this is a step forward in any meaningful sense, but where HTTT felt like amalgamation, this feels like codification. They've turned the stew into a broth that's ready to take whatever form they pour it into. It's incredible.

lol "meaningful sense" wtf me

I missed the kids cheering on the first track, where is it?

First one's at 2:13.

where HTTT felt like amalgamation, this feels like codification.

yes.

lol

http://i21.tinypic.com/2ugje4j.jpg

has this leaked yet

-- am0n, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:25 (30 minutes ago) Link

now it has!

Radiohead - In Rainbows [2007/MP3/192](New)

lol

Agreed. Being up late last night for the dl and following along with everyone as we absorb is the most fun I've had on ILM in ages.

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:46 AM (16 minutes ago)

ok, that's not what i meant. dork!

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7191/zingms7.png

haha!

when does the ogg vorbis version drop

some very quick first thoughts

some tracks:

Bodysnatchers = The Notwist + Smashing Pumpkins. The most rock track on the album?

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi = Brian Eno produced U2 Unforgettable Fire

All I Need = Talk Talk + Manual + Ulrich Schnauss + Kraftwerk + The Blue Nile + The Broadway Project

Faust ARP = Beatles influenced melodies

House Of Cards - more Talk Talk and a.r.kane influences

Jigsaw Falling Into Place - more The Notwist + The Woodentops circa 1986 + even James - the way the acoustic guitars have an uptempo jangle style

Videotape - more Talk Talk / Mark Holis slow paced arty-rock piano minimalism, this even sounds like Ulver on their new album !

-- djmartian, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:52 (4 hours ago) Link

Talk Talk never would've occurred to me as a point of comparison... and yet, I love Talk Talk, and the three songs you compared to them are all among my favorites on this album. coincidence?

"Reckoner" is the Talk Talk song for me on this one.

(Which might have been said upthread, so I should read all these eight million posts already.)

"Reckoner" is the Talk Talk song for me on this one.

"Ascension Day," vaguely.

it's also the early seventies Miles Davis tune too.

just got my download. went really fast. 15 step is great.

Ned - you mean you haven't blogged it already? Fucking amateur.

Oh hell no I'm not blogging this today. I'm reviewing it for the OC Weekly and that runs tomorrow, and the review will essentially be a 'first couple of listens' summation and will say as much. Whatever longer thoughts I have on it will be for down the road.

"Ascension Day," vaguely.

Yup.

something about the "Bodysnatchers" guitar riff reminded me of Television when I first heard it, but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it was now. the Wire comparison someone made upthread is dead-on, though.