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set a course for shy cry

I mostly just get a blue aquatic upper atmosphere beluga vibe from SIGN, and the sense it would make a cool gameboy soundtrack. I think we’ll look back on this as the beginning of the late phase of their career.

I remember it being released and debuting atop the album charts. But I was 11 and with no singles it was hard to know what to make of it, what it might sound like. I didn’t get into Radiohead proper until 2005 (this would be very close to the album’s 15th anniversary for me actually). I was very hyped for the Wolfmother debut and was looking to pick this up around the same time after a recent sensational experience with OKC and the Bends. Kid A was the very first album I played on my first iPod, and I still have that CD in my car. 3rd for me behind OKC & IR. I preferred Amnesiac in my youth, and it still isn’t far off. HTDC is my most preferred RH track. I come from the Southern Hemisphere and I tend to associate Kid A with sweltering weather. Oversteps has always been pastoral to me more than seasonal. Thinking back, it was one of the first new releases of the decade for me. Heligoland was 1st and then I picked up Broken Bells at a similar time. I was already referencing/using WATMM then.

An interesting comparison is that this month is the 20th anniversary of Kid A, which itself had a sister sessions album follow 8 months later. Those were both a new era departure for RH, and in the context of ae it was a key shout-out which nurtured a new audience. Kid A & SIGN both with the 4 letters.

au14 gives me a frenetic arcade vibe:

“The piano is beautiful but it’s dumb,” Booth told me. “It separates the artist from the string.” Sean's piano lessons:

It wasn't directed at you, it was more defending than anything else.

Users should be able to post their o'er & under whelms freely. For most of us, the implicit truth is that we love anything from these guys, and compared to their last 3 releases this is more of a samey throughline piece and less buffet for all. Exaggerating 'disappointment' or 'divisiveness' or initial 'comparison' is cringe. On one hand, I love that we got an album of this and have had this on constant spin since premiere, and the last time we had an album this airtight was arguably Untilted. On the other hand if this was Exai in 2013 I think you would have expected a few melts then. I think most seasoned ae listeners are also able to grasp their music quite quickly now (elyc6 0nset was the only grower exception for me in the last half decade, the rest you kind of get a handle on rapidly). Grower'chre still does happen (the amount of recent material in particular kind of demands pockets of belated appreciation), but it was more of a learning curve earlier in (our experience of the) discography, and our expectations aren't as beholden to the prior release given we know their existing scope and all its avenues. Anyway, just taking a captain obvious for the team, carry on and just enjoy.

Context I guess. Most of us would include Lego, EPs, Lives, maybe even Gescom and bootlegs, etc. but this old thread has generally discussed the 'albums'. There are several release cycles of updated lists in this thread. Ideally, over time it would document shifting tastes among WATMMers (as well as the initial reception).

unintelligible in a (WATMM subforum) thread named "all albums best to worst" from an artist with 14 x 'studio LPs' to their name

bzz-heavy

1. Untilted 2. Confield 3. Amber 4. Chiastic Slide 5. NTS Sessions 1-4 6. Exai 7. Draft 7.30 8. Quaristice 9. Tri Repetae 10. Oversteps 11. Elseq 1-5 12. SIGN (tentative, only coupla listens, but feels about right for now) 13. Incunabula 14. LP5

SIGN's artwork now feels to me like an eclipse of Paralel Suns

On AE_STORE tis pretty simple. Your Account -> Music -> Sign (Download 0 of 11 tracks).

Downloading ? Now to stride the rainforest to PSYIGN

First impression is that this might be a bottom 3 ae album for me (with LP5 and bits of elseq) But haven't slept much since the announcement so what would I know. Hope further listens in lossless/physical floor me silly.

Great closer

I could see r cazt being the sleeper fave of this album

I've got bad news (closer)

psin AM sounds like a victory theme like you've just beaten the final boss and some characters are giving you congrats exposition, credits to follow in r cazt Has a vague ghostly lighthouse apparition dragonite stumblin home from the pub feelin

This album journey is basically the lyrics of Weird Fishes/Arpeggi from Radiohead.

We've crawled outro the surf, dreaming of psyflight, then getting our wings