Aug/090
NEW MUSIC: Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words (2009)
The blurb:
Radiohead leak their own track in Scene style on various BitTorrent sites? Part of a yet-to-be-announced EP/LP, possibly titled Wall of Ice? To the former, quite possibly; to the latter, it seems not. Who cares though, this is a wonderful sign of things to come.
Sounds like:
Lashings of washed out guitar, buzzing bass and a fantastically crisp up-tempo groove. A slow-burning five and a half minutes of simple, confident Radiohead.
Thoughts:
There’s no sign of a drum machine or a synthesiser on this track, and who knows, that might be a relief for some, but the hallmarks are all over this record of a group who have totally mastered the electronic aesthetic and integrated into how they make music. The metamorphosis, the attention to detail in the mix, it has that precision.
This really is the best ‘band’ recording I’ve heard from Radiohead, probably ever. The production is impeccably poised: the insistent high-hat rat-a-tat never gets smothered by those layers of delayed guitar, and the result is instantly mesmerising. Admittedly, there’s a little too much vocal in there at times, but I’m really nit-picking.
Verdict:
They just keep refining and refining. You can hear the lessons learnt from all their previous records in this one, and it’s glorious.
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