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New Radiohead album available Sunday, May 8th at 7pm BST, new song "Daydreaming"

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King_Moc said:
My problem with TKOL is that the stuff where they tried to do something very different (Bloom, Little By Little, Morning Mr Magpie, Feral) just wasn't very good. These two new songs are different and have easily surpassed those four.
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But Bloom is awesome. MMM is good. Not a fan of LbL though. Feral would make a good B-Side.
 
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King_Moc said:
My problem with TKOL is that the stuff where they tried to do something very different (Bloom, Little By Little, Morning Mr Magpie, Feral) just wasn't very good. These two new songs are different and have easily surpassed those four.
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I agree, but I see TKOL as more of a technical feat than an album I enjoy returning to. Watching them perform it live solidified that. It does feel genuinely different from anything I've heard.

I really like these two new songs though and I can see myself going back to them again and again. They do not feel revolutionary or especially unique, but they are solid for sure.
 
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King_Moc said:
My problem with TKOL is that the stuff where they tried to do something very different (Bloom, Little By Little, Morning Mr Magpie, Feral) just wasn't very good. These two new songs are different and have easily surpassed those four.
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But Lotus Flower was the song that promoted the album. Who knows? BTW/Daydreaming could be the Lotus Flower on TKOL v2.0.
 
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Ok, let's get this straight. We got new Death Grips, James Blake, Civil War Radiohead, Uncharted 4, and Chance 3 all within a week of eachother. I really don't understand what more a human being could ask for.
 
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TKOL was them trying new studio stuff and the material was perfected as a band live, which makes the album a bit disappointing. The album is just a bit spare and lacking a cohesive band feel except on a few tracks. TKOL live is my favorite tour by far, those songs are just bewitching in a live scenario.

This song has aspects of TKOL techniques in terms of repetition and looping, but feels much more collaborative and dense. Its obvious (and stated) that TKOL was a transition album and this is what they've really been working towards stylistically.
 
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Swimmer9800 said:
Ok, let's get this straight. We got new Death Grips, James Blake, Civil War Radiohead, Uncharted 4, and Chance 3 all within a week of eachother. I really don't understand what more a human being could ask for.
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Tenebrous said:
Recently split up with his partner of 20-so years.
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I wonder how that's going to affect the music on this album. Kid A was a product of the band's mental state at that time, particularly Thom who had a mental breakdown. If this album is going to be as emotionally influenced it might just hold a similar effect.
 
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NotLiquid said:
I wonder how that's going to affect the music on this album. Kid A was a product of the band's mental state at that time, particularly Thom who had a mental breakdown. If this album is going to be as emotionally influenced it might just hold a similar effect.
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Perhaps. Vulnicura is the benchmark for recent breakdown albums.
 
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creationtheory

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I couldn't really listen to the last album because of the terrible drum machines. One of the new songs is all drum machine and the other has no drums at all.
 
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NotLiquid said:
I wonder how that's going to affect the music on this album. Kid A was a product of the band's mental state at that time, particularly Thom who had a mental breakdown. If this album is going to be as emotionally influenced it might just hold a similar effect.
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Feels like Daydreaming is coming from a dark place.
 
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DataStream

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Also, based off the tone of this and feel that this album is going to be about failed relationships (and i'm sure very heavily political), could this be the album where we get True Love Waits?
 
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The Driver

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Holy shit this is just an absurd week for music, like Jesus this year has been stacked.

With stuff like Crystal Castles, The Strokes, NIN, the Kills, RTJ3, another Kanye album etc all coming hopefully this year too I'm drowning in awesome stuff.
 
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Freyjadour

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Bloom almost hits Weird Fishes levels live, absolutely adore that song.

Magpie has grown on me a lot over the last few years.
 
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Griss

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Took a break from work and drove home to listen to this a couple of times instead of going to lunch.

As underwhelmed as I was by burn the witch I am as mind blown by this masterpiece.

Roll on Sunday...
 
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dmshaposv

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It is a beautiful song, but a bit expected and something out of Kid A/Amnesiac era.

I actually prefer Burn the Witch more as its string arrangements and lyrics alluded to a much more interesting territory.
 
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Ethelwulf

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dmshaposv said:
It is a beautiful song, but a bit expected and something out of Kid A/Amnesiac era.

I actually prefer Burn the Witch more as its string arrangements and lyrics alluded to a much more interesting territory.
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It truly is something I agree. Unsettling and beautiful at the same time.
 
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The Driver said:
Holy shit this is just an absurd week for music, like Jesus this year has been stacked.

With stuff like Crystal Castles, The Strokes, NIN, the Kills, RTJ3, another Kanye album etc all coming hopefully this year too I'm drowning in awesome stuff.
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Wait what new NIN??
 
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JoJoShabadoo

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The Driver said:
Holy shit this is just an absurd week for music, like Jesus this year has been stacked.

With stuff like Crystal Castles, The Strokes, NIN, the Kills, RTJ3, another Kanye album etc all coming hopefully this year too I'm drowning in awesome stuff.
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Nine Inch Nails?? Explain yourself.
 
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I have to say as much of a fan I was back in the day, I kinda stopped listening to Radiohead ever since In Rainbows (my musical tastes have changed is all), but I have to say this and Burn the Witch are damn good. I have a good feeling about this album.

Also Thom Yorke should be cast as Bob in Twin Peaks based on this video.
 
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Steamlord

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This is really good. The intro sounds a whole lot like Kid A, the song. Then when the piano comes in...chills.

Also, just because this song doesn't have percussion doesn't mean there won't be any percussion on the album. Just sayin'. Though I'm hoping for a good amount of live drums in addition to drum machine stuff...
 
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