Hail to the Thief doesn’t dig up Britpop skeletonsfrom The Bends, and it’s not OK Computer 2, asYorke has called it in the press. It is, however,a holding pattern. Thom’s excusatory remarks onlyunderscore his chief failing: he can’t grasp thatpure, radical change isn’t always the best option,whatever personal pride he as an artist takesfrom doing something "new" (and personally,I think Eno and his German collaborators fromthe late 70s have plenty of reasons to bristleat Kid A). There’s nothing to apologize for here:Radiohead are a band, and after a fashion, bandsare defined by their music. Much as U2′s Zooropastill sounded like U2, anything Radiohead doesfrom here on out will sound like Radiohead.
That’s one paragraph from the Pitchforkmedia.comreview. Read it in full at Pitchfork.
Radiohead news on this day..
- Thom Yorke to DJ at Plastic People tonight – 2011
- Sonic Youth: Radiohead make other bands look bad – 2009
- Radiohead: Live in Paris – Night 2 [live report] – 2008
- Radiohead in Montreal – Night 1 Live Report – 2006
- Thom Yorke on Henry Rollins show – 2006
- Lamacq playback and more HTTT reviews – 2003
- Christopher O’Riley interviews – 2003
- Not kidding: TinyMixTapes review – 2003
