<< NP: Radiohead, Kid A -- ahhhhhhhh! >>
Boy, is this a great record or what!?! I bought it a couple weeks ago and
can't seem to stop playing it. Overall, it's unlike anything I've heard
before, even though pockets of it do remind me of other things.
I was afraid after reading the reviews that the band had gone off the deep
end and made it very inaccessible, but it's actually one of the easiest
things to listen to I've heard all year. Parts of it remind me of the things
I used to hear on NPR's "Space Music" show, other songs remind me a lot of
Smashing Pumpkins "Adore" in their powerful beauty. The only other albums
that have affected me this way with their overall texture are Hejira and "So"
by Peter Gabriel.
The rhythm section in particular...how in the world to they know what to
play? The songs are simultaneously structured and unstructured, certainly not
given to simple drum beats, yet all the music is so flawlessly executed.
Radiohead is truly redefining the boundaries of popular music. I hope Joni
has heard this, I feel like she'd enjoy it.
The whole record sounds like a soundtrack to a dream to me...it would be a
great record to count ballots by! ;~)
Bob
NP: Joe Slomp, "Living Proof"
