Radiohead - The King of Limbs

Might as well be called The King of Let Downs.

Radiohead is one of my favourite bands but this album doesn't quite satisfy my craving for new Radiohead. I was really excited for this too so to give a good analogy for my disappointment it was like meeting a girl at a bar, going home with her and than getting undressed just to hug.

I have musical blue balls.

Every song starts off with at the very least 45 seconds of a breakbeat sounding intro. Until eventually Yorke starts to wail. And I mean wail in a good way. Minus the song Feral that only features cut off blips of half words and moaning. Seriously, on an eight song album there's no time for fucking around like that. I understand being artistic and expressing something without words but I missed the point on that one.

Initial thoughts:
-eight songs?
-what's going on here?
-okay finally a good song

I'm not saying this album is an abomination to music. They get super creative using loads of instruments the make for a real alien sound. I like when bands put odd instruments in but when it becomes a battle for dominance and a clash of sounds bouncing off each other it starts to hurt my head.

I feel kind of robbed out of something. I only genuinely liked three songs but they're buried in the intertwining chaos of sound that is The King of Limbs. I can only hope the title is a metaphor for Radiohead being a band of many entities or "limbs" if you will. This better be a precursor to something greater by the brits. I don't appreciate the teasing though.

I want some heavy electricity. I want some real Thom Yorke wailing; even boarder line screaming would be nice. I want to stand up and punch the air when I listen to Radiohead. I don't want to feel like I need the help of hallucinogenics to get the whole experience.

It's hard to tell if they went for the misunderstood genius approach or just held back. The album does flow well and has continuity but when something doesn't work it doesn't matter how much it flows.
Just didn't do it for me.

Radiohead, I'm waiting for something better.

Stale (but see for yourself).

Choice: Little by Little (really good), Lotus Flower, Codex

Bogus: Feral, Bloom, Morning Mr. Magpie (the fact that there's only eight songs...can't get over that)