Well I didn't exactly plan to do a blog on the subject but I have a little time and it seems worth riffing on. Yesterday I downloaded Radiohead's newest album The King of Limbs. It came out only a few days ago and is available on their website for purchase. Now pay attention to that word purchase because that one confused me. You see their last album, 2007's In Rainbows, was "sold" off the band's website in a digital package too but you could pay as much as you liked for it, or you could pay nothing either. For me, this was nice because I knew I'd buy the hard-copy disc when it came out anyways and In Rainbows was mine, initially for no cost. This time, Radiohead are selling it for about $10 off their site.
Now, I'm a little past hating bands for selling out but I'm kinda ticked at Radiohead for this move. I mean maybe the pay your own price thing was a one album deal or maybe the band didn't see the returns they were hoping from it, I don't know but I kinda feel like it should be the norm now. So anyways, I went to trusty old isohunt.com and downloaded The King of Limbs in record time and last night I gave it my first listen...
In terms of mood it reminds me of Kid A or Amnesiac, in that it's made of these ethereal songs. The problem I found was that the songs didn't really go anywhere, they just kinda hung out. At ~39 minutes it's Radiohead's shortest album but to me it felt like it had no desire to end. Of course, a new Radiohead album is always a big deal and aside from Pablo Honey they've never had a bad album. I don't feel comfortable giving this new album a bad review, unless I have to, but on first listen I didn't see what the big deal was. Which is kinda how I felt about this new Coen Bros film True Grit, it's good but what's the point?
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