Its Friday 18th February and like most central London media companies the office in which I work is awash with men in there mid thirties whose chatter doesn't deviate much beyond the weekend’s big game and that of the new temp receptionist.
Well, not today, today there is a sense of anticipation in the air. Chatter moves to music, great records, amazing gigs and festivals as today sees the somewhat unexpected digital only release of THE KING OF LIMBS the new Radiohead album. Having seen the video for Lotus Flower "leaked" onto youtube a couple of days earlier I knew not to expect, as much of the twitter chatter leading up to the release had suggested, that this would be a return to Pablo Honey's guitar driven simplicities.
TKOL very much follows on from where the 2007 release IN RAINBOWS left off. In some ways this feels like a companion piece to IN RAINBOWS though it has been likened more to AMNESIAC in its lighter moments.
Codex and Separator are for me two of the standout tracks though this feels very much a tightly knit record, and though short, only 8 tracks with a running time of just over 37 minutes, this takes you on a journey somewhere beyond that of IN RAINBOWS.
A wonderful record from a truly great modern band. As always with Radiohead the timing and pricing of the release are interesting though that discussion is for another blog entirely!
For now, just sit back and enjoy! it's well worth the ride ...
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