Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

[watmmisdead]

Glass Eyes is incredible, a true masterpiece.

 

This album combines everything I love about radiohead and push it one step further. Melodies are beautiful, the electronica influence is used tastfully and musically (unlike thom yorke side projects or TKOL). This is finally where radiohead should be going. more subtle, calm, downtempo. I always found this is where they shine, and now we have a full album of this.

 

I get the Jazz reference or alice coltrane reference, first time I heard The Numbers it made me think of Bitches Brew.

 

 

10/10. without a doubt a indie rock alternative masterpiece and my favorite album from them!

[jules]

I was just listening to the 'I might be wrong' version of True Love Waits. Considering it was originally written when Thom met Rachel, and finally got a studio version after they parted... damn. Right in the fuckin feels.

I think that's why it's on here. listen to the way he sings it in the 90s compared to today. he sang bits during the 2012 tour while at the piano.

 

 

 

i love how the first word on the album is "stay" and the last word is "leave"

[kaini]

relax we all know how to feel about it now

 

[usagi]

Moonthony Pooltano here...

[Dan C]

Boring shit.

[Guest WNS000]

Radiohead songs are slow growers for me so I will probably let you know after few years when I am done with some of their other albums that I haven't absorbed yet. But usually the less traditional they are the better for me.

[flacid]

The guitar solo at the end of Identikit reminds me of Bloc Party and sounds a bit out of place...

[coax]

I think I have issues detecting depressing/dreary songs. The only tracks that feel outright dreary to me are Glass Eyes and True Love Waits. For most of the others I get an upbeat driven vibe (almost hopeful in places?).

[Guest bitroast]

uhhh. yeah. i mean. are you listening/reading into the lyrics? the album is definitely dreary as fuck just about all over..

the numbers is vaguely hopeful.

[coax]

uhhh. yeah. i mean. are you listening/reading into the lyrics? the album is definitely dreary as fuck just about all over..

the numbers is vaguely hopeful.

 

Yeah that would explain it. The lyrics is more like instrumentation to me, I should listen to the meaning more ;

[Guest WNS000]

My father says that he is lucky he does not understand English and therefore can listen to every song as instrumental. I tend to ignore lyrics too so I completely agree with your point coax.

 

I am afraid lots of music would end up disappointing if I understood the lyrics. Blissful ignorance.

[Guest bitroast]

ye. i normally find / found radiohead lyrics pretty cryptic and very hard to crack open and interpret. this album is pretty open and on the surface.. immediately finding myself paying attention to the lyrics on this one more than others.

also agreed re: lyrics as instruments. i normally get that too with the exception of a few artists etc.

[Astro Tarot]

ye. i normally find / found radiohead lyrics pretty cryptic and very hard to crack open and interpret. this album is pretty open and on the surface.. immediately finding myself paying attention to the lyrics on this one more than others.

also agreed re: lyrics as instruments. i normally get that too with the exception of a few artists etc.

 

this,

ilikehowalltheguitarlicksaretransformative

they

just

keep

changing

 

I

love

the

expansive

nature

of

this

record

 

after

a

few

more

listens

im

in

the

mood

for

tomorrows

modern

boxes

and

the

eraser

remixes

 

similar

tone

[beerwolf]

I'm not going to say much more that A Moon Shaped Pool sounds absolutely majestic.

[jules]

indeed. have you guys seen the photos of the studio in france they recorded in. looks like the record sounds.

[Guest WNS000]

Holy crap... the studio...

[jellyrajah]

haha holy shit

[flacid]

well lush

[jules]

yea.

 

La Fabrique studio in France

[Guest bitroast]

know where that top pic came from? not familiar

[Astro Tarot]

nice

set

up

[jules]

know where that top pic came from? not familiar

i think colin posted it

[fumi]

Nice album. Certainly pays dividends with repeat listens.

[Skeletron]

You got-ta be kidding me

[usagi]

lush sussudio