It's very easy for Radiohead to begin becoming a parody of themselves, and the King Of Limbs does seem to be in that vein. I've listened to the album at least three or four times and although Radiohead albums often do need multiple listens to become the masterpieces they are - I never liked OK Computer at all to begin with, but slowly began to like in until I realised its mastery - it just doesn't seem like it has anything to reveal.
Along with Kid A, I would say it is their most electronic influenced album to date, but the major difference I see between this and Kid A is that their previous attempt at electronic music seemed so natural - as did the more electronic influenced parts of In Rainbows - yet here is seems forced and the tunes just don't back up the experimentation.
I expect I will grow to like it more with more listens, but for now it's a negative review I'm afraid... but expect some edits...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment