InRainbows (or at least the link to it) arrived in my inbox today.
It's a fantastic album. All the Radiohead hallmarks are there. Beautifully crafted songs with ambitious, stuttering arrangements and Thom's ethereal vocals.
The opener 15 Steps is a magnificent. Wistful Hawaiin guitar and whispered falsetto vocals over a driving two step rhythm and a funky b-line. Elsewhere things are more rocky (Bodysnatchers) or more chilled (Reckoner - see below) but always masterful.
I have listened 4 times today and will listen again later. Soon Pippa will tell me what all the songs are about and I will love them even more.
This is music at it's most exciting. Buy it now (RRP at least a fiver!)
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