I finally got the new Radiohead CD, "In Rainbows," from my wife, via her past co-worker Erin (thanks all!). I've only listened to maybe the first five songs of it, but it is AWESOME. It sounds like Radiohead is returning to their roots, at being just a straight great rock band. For a while now, they've been experimenting with electronica and unusual rhythm patterns (odd numbered), and while I love it all, I must say it's somewhat refreshing to hear their old (new) sound. If nothing else, it sounds more participatory, like everyone in the band is getting in on the act... notably absent in a lot of previous work was the percussion, which is clearly influential in this album (again, in the first five songs I've heard). Percussion frames music; it can mean the difference between an amorphous tune and one that gets people dancing...
In the first song, there's this part where they dub in a bunch of schoolkids yelling "YAY!" It's really a neat effect... (Aiden LOVES the first song, if only because of the heavy percussive effects...)
Yay, Radiohead.
More commentary on the album later!
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