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DoofDoof
January 29th 2024


15048 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

still waiting for the breakthrough on this one

Demon of the Fall
January 29th 2024


33756 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I was a little harsh on this initially, guilty of laying down far too severe of a par marker early on. Maybe I was just grumpy? Idk

I'm still not convinced, but it's emerging and may at the very least, be within the realms of vague acceptability

DoofDoof
January 29th 2024


15048 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

oh, it's definitely acceptable



will it demand listens deep into the future?



less sure

AlexKzillion
January 29th 2024


17214 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

man imma be honest on first listen this is dookie



makes amsp seem like kid a by comparison

Hendoi
January 29th 2024


740 Comments


Unless Thommo does something different with his vocals i doubt I'll doubt I'll ever enjoy anything he's involved in again. Unless they make another in rainbows

zakalwe
January 29th 2024


38883 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Needs some autotune on there in keeping with modern twaddle

Hendoi
January 29th 2024


740 Comments


Exactly

bloc
January 29th 2024


70118 Comments


Kinda boring

zakalwe
January 29th 2024


38883 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Relaxing

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
January 30th 2024


26165 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

congrats on the big 2 0 0 (:

i like this!

Demon of the Fall
January 30th 2024


33756 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

hmm, way better things to relax to, the production in the quieter moments is too clinical / glossy (or something - prod nerds help me). Not a fan. And I actually agree with Hendoi, Yorke's voice is kind of frustratingly nondescript at times here. I know it's signature Yorke for the most part, but ehh I dunno. Something is missing.



A couple of moments wake me up from my slumber. Bending Heretic is the easy highlight, quiet / loud dynamic ahoy (sort of), thank you! People seem to like Teleharmonic and yeah that one's okay, highlighted by the surrounding tracks being complete pish, most likely, lol



Yeah I'm back on this not being that good, although probably not as irredeemably bad as I'd initially thought. Mostly just bland with neutralising production.

claygurnz
January 30th 2024


7570 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Bending Hectic is spectacular, the rest is just solid, but still a nice listen

DoofDoof
January 30th 2024


15048 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah I like 'Bending Hectic' and 'Read the Room' a lot, the rest has strong vibes but little melodic meat, esp lacking vocally from Thom in that regard

sizeofanocean
January 30th 2024


3432 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Damn that a low ass avg

RYM loves this more

zakalwe
January 30th 2024


38883 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Radiohead fatigue has kicked in.



Me personally I absolutely love this. 4.3.

Sunnyvale
Staff Reviewer
January 30th 2024


5883 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Thanks neeka!



And yeah, hadn't realized how positive the reception for The Smile was on RYM, but just checked but both of their albums have very high scores (by that site's standards)

DoofDoof
January 31st 2024


15048 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Had a feeling this might happen but returning to the debut I’m enjoying that even more in context, though the out and out rockers are still a bit clunky/unnecessary

brandaao
January 31st 2024


248 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Wake up baby, there's new anemic Radiohead to listen to.

Demon of the Fall
January 31st 2024


33756 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

a new Amnesiac? Wooo!

Oh wait…

DoofDoof
January 31st 2024


15048 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Four songs on this are really excellent I'm finding - 'Teleharmonic', 'Read the Room', 'Friend of a Friend' and 'Bending Hectic'



Starting to get into this release



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