Radiohead – The King Of Limbs

 

Okay, a very abbreviated review of Radiohead’s The King Of Limbs, which revealed itself a day early. It is eight tracks and 38 minutes long. Opener ‘Bloom’ is a staccato mid-paced number that sounds like a jazzy Amnesiac relative. ‘Morning Mr Magpie’ is a groovy rat-a-tat number, which bends and shape-shifts. ‘Little By Little’ is both pastoral and deeply unsettling, with Thom Yorke sounding wonderfully ominous. ‘Feral’ is an utterly odd little instrumental, while ‘Lotus Flower’ (with its mad video) is a manages to sound utterly experimental but achingly familiar. The album ends on a high – the final trio of songs comprising the beautiful piano-led ballad ‘Codex’ and the wonderful head-fuck of ‘Give Up The Ghost’ before ending with ‘Separator’ which is fuzzy, yet detached and otherworldly.

The King Of Limbs doesn’t seem to have the immediate human warmth which In Rainbows so beautifully captured, but it is sonically more experimental and endlessly intriguing. It sounds like the next great Radiohead album.

Buy the album here: http://thekingoflimbs.com/