Radiohead - In Rainbows

^ otm

isn't there a thread for that

maybe he'll start a poll for it

I want to start a poll just for Geir.

Four tracks in and god, Nude sounds incredible. Also the beat on 15 Steps, especially towards the end!

haha i was wondering about geir too, mostly because this time there IS actually a song with lots of chord changes that sounds like the beatles.

This is gonna sound AWESOME on vinyl. I just hope I don't have to shell out for the diskbox to get it.

OK that second half = they've made a Radiohead version of a psychedelic folk-pop record. There are more strings and acoustic guitars on here than any other Radiohead record, but the arrangements and textures are complex and interesting enough that it never feels like bog-standard strumming.

I wasn't sure if Radiohead would be able to make a guitar-centric record again without it sounding like a retread, and they have. By and large, it doesn't actually sound like any of the others, although all the recognisably Radiohead elements are here.

Also they've really hit it with backing vocals this time - that warm You And Whose Army sound.

I wasn't sure if Radiohead would be able to make a guitar-centric record again without it sounding like a retread, and they have.

I think it's interesting that the only song that immediately makes me think 'Radiohead guitars' is "Bodysnatchers." It's done very well and it's the only thing like it on the album.

Third listen in. Noticing something new each time.

This is gonna sound AWESOME on vinyl.

OK that second half = they've made a Radiohead version of a psychedelic folk-pop record.

Noticing something new each time.

^^^^^^^ these things = yes

I like it. I'm eager to hear it at home, where it has some room to breathe. Everything sounds a bit claustrophobic at work, in my cubicle, listening on in-ear 'phones staring a screen.

*at

word i hate hearing shit for the first time at work on computer.

^^^^^^

Same here. I listened to the first half in the car, which was great, but then I've been listening all day while working and it keeps blurring together.

I'm at work but it's been a reasonably quiet day. That said I like my speakers at home more, so.

I listened to it all the way through during lunch eating beef U-dong noodle soup at a crowded counter at Tokyo Lunchbox on my Sennheiser PXC-250s. Sounded pretty nice. I considered wearing my AKG 701s on the train but 160kbps isn't worth risking getting mugged for my cans. After Yorke's mellow solo album, I was hoping for something a bit more explosive, but I do like.

I don't have much interest in Radiohead's music but I am thrilled that IN RAINBOWS's sudden appearance in this way means that virtually every fan on ILM has a chance to experience it all together on the day of release, without the slow burn of leaks/people not being able to afford to buy it at once/whatever else.

Sorry if this point has been made already - I couldn't face wading through the whole thread.

i love how the first song gives no idea about the arc of the rest.

sounding ok for 160, too.

Alba OTM - my friends and I have been making the same point to each other all morning.

And yeah - it's sounding pretty good for 160

it sounds like a trompe l'oeil of radiohead which is really pretty cool.

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Stoners, all of you.

Other thoughts:

- It's a really organic album, more so than any of the others. What's missing is the trademark Radiohead modernist sheen. Electronics are used sparingly (and when they are they sound like ancient instruments) and there are virtually no OK Computer style spacey effects pedals.

- Conversely the song it reminds me most of is In Limbo from Kid A. It also, strangely, reminds me of the Gravenhurst album from earlier this year, but I can't quite put my finger on why.

- It's more cohesive in sound than any of their records since Kid A. I take this as a sign that second disc will be full of really great stuff that just didn't fit - Amnesiac style. I expect screaming guitars and electronics in abundance.

- Thom Yorke isn't supposed to write lyrics like "I don't wanna be your friend, I just wanna be your lover" these days, is he?

- For all these reasons, it doesn't sound anywhere near as much like 'a Radiohead record' as people are claiming. Hail To The Thief felt like 'Radiohead doing what Radiohead do now' - this doesn't.

The amount of love / lack of backlash on this thread warms my soul.

Yeah, I can't wait to hear the bonus tracks now. I expect the 52 ilxors who shelled out to YSI!!

It does sound like a band who maybe don't want to spend as much time in the studio now, who just want to get it on tape and go home.

Anyone hear about them using a Serpent on this?

http://www.guitarshop.net/GuitarImagesESPCustomShop/glserpent1.jpg

?

listened to it one and a half times. there is something alarmingly proggy about it. songs often start in an interesting way but then go off to nowhere. considered deleting the mp3s. didn't yet. will give it another try tomorrow.

This record is tight, 10 songs--bish bash bosh. I also love the light touch they've shown in laying these songs down. It feels like delicate ensemble playing in lots of places, although it probably isn't.

Thom Yorke isn't supposed to write lyrics like "I don't wanna be your friend, I just wanna be your lover" these days, is he?

Like I mentioned earlier, when I heard that line I half-expected "I don't wanna vote for your President..." to follow.

One wonders how much success the band could have on the maintream radio if Thom started signing really lucid and quasi-romantic lyrics on one of their more ballad-like songs.

man, I hope this record is better than the live preview.

yeah that kind of bummed me out to, but i think it's way better.

and it better not be flowery

after listeing through it 5 times. this will definately being going down as one of my favorite (if not my favorite) radiohead albums.

everything about it is great

its also a big "wake the fuck up" the the recording industry

one thing no one has really talked about though.....this is probably really hurting local music stores.

Seriously - have they done something to these MP3s so they sound completely different each time I play them?

One thing I must say is that none of these are songs you could sing in a traditional way. Not like anything off the Bends, or OK Computer or even "Optimistic" or "Scatterbrain" or "You And Whose Army". That doesn't mean it's not enjoyable, it's just a lot more organic and less hooky. Songs flow, they don't stay rigidly to a structure.

They nicked the "kids cheering" idea from Boards of Canada's "Orange Romeda" I reckon.

It's definitely not as scarey and cold as the last three records. Whoever said it's their warmest one yet is absolutely correct. It's nice seeing pictures of Radiohead having a giggle on their website too.

xpost-Plus, the bass line from All I Need is 100% BoC.

http://img.waffleimages.com/d6e005c8e222393e5c67291d290d358e7baa740a/inrainbowscoversx3.jpg

It's definitely not as scarey and cold as the last three records.

Here's where I say that one of the biggest and most ridiculous myths around Radiohead is the perception that they haven't always been 'warm' -- because they have. VERY much so.

Amnesiac is pretty cold in a lot of places.

Ok. Predict the Pitchfork score.
-- Mister Craig, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:56 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Link

9.5

Thom Yorke isn't supposed to write lyrics like "I don't wanna be your friend, I just wanna be your lover" these days, is he?

My feelings exactly whilst listenign to the album on the bus and car ride home. I've listened to the thing three times; am most struck now by "Faust Arp" and "Jigsaw...," both of whose titles are the only nods towarsd their penchant for preciousness.

Thoom's been listening to Sarah Records again.

I always characterized Kid A, among other things, as being pretty 'warm.'

OK, time to actually DL this album, as I'm obviously the last person on earth who hasn't.

I was pretty startled to hear Thom at his most twinkly say "Wakey, wakey!" at the beginning of "Faust Arp."

"15 Step" = best use of "Etcetera, etcetera" in a lyric since "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (perhaps).

HTTT > In Rainbows

sorry guys

I think so as well TBH. In Rainbows is more consistent but if you chopped HTTT down to its ten best tracks it'd be pretty unstoppable.