Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box: Stripped back electronica, reminiscent of some of William Orbit’s music released in the late 90s. AWESOME bridge. The glitched out vocals towards the end of the song add an eerie component to the song, some hints of psychedelic rock with the sudden cuts to a bass line at the end. 10/10 Pyramid Song: Wasn’t expecting a stripped back song after the ending of PLSIACTB, I was expecting Ray of Light teas… Some vocals remind me of My Iron Lung without the darkness of that song. Beautiful vocal harmonization with the violin that kicks off into some of those weird glitched out vocals like in the opening track. Strong Lou Reed influence at the closing of the track. Nice song, but I’m more interested in those hints of electronica that keep poking through. 8.3/10 Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors OKAYYY get into the Aphex puss… I’ve never heard Radiohead use such distorted and pitched vocals. Really huge Drowned World/Substitute for Love energy, it makes me think of old Microsoft. The low cuts are absolutely insane (the bright instrumental quickly replaced with the glitching and strange sound. The ambience at the end is really interesting at cool. I sometimes find ambient music to be boring, but this has some trance elements to it that I find really cool. Overall I didn’t expect Radiohead to be this experimental. 9.5/10 You and Whose Army? Already back to the stripped back sound. Beautiful baseline but this isn’t my favorite song so far. This song feels like early-mid 2000s coffee shops. Not huge on the sudden tonal shift 2 minutes into the song. 7.5/10 I Might Be Wrong The opening immediately reminds me of that late 90s psychedelic techno sound that was really popular. Also getting a Western vibe. Love the vocals on this track and how playful but refined they feel. They were pregnant with Cage the Elephant when they recorded this. Complete tonal shift about 4 minutes in which really does this song a disservice. However I do love the stripped electronica elements it brings to the track once it starts picking up again. 9/10 Knives Out I like the darkness of this trick. It reminds me of In the Bends with OK computer vocals. Lyrically, this is the darkest Radiohead song I’ve ever heard. 7.8/10 Morning Bell/Amnesiac My least favorite so far. Sounds like evil Christmas music, but then gets very pleasant the last 45 seconds. LOVE the dial tone used as an instrument at the end. 5.5/10 Dollars & Cents Sick baseline already. Bringing back the weird ambient computer noises that I’ve really been enjoying thus far. Ray of Light’s slightly more rocker cousin. One of my favorites, easily. Elements of psychedelic trance!! 10/10 Hunting Bears That psychedelic Western sound opens up the track. Random audio cuts like Music by Madonna. Cool use of ambience behind the baseline. 8.8/10 Like Spinning Plates Weird glitching opens up the track that goes into an ambient pop sound. Reminds me of the Resident Evil movie soundtrack. Beautiful song and some of my favorite vocals on this album. GORGEOUS ambience. 9.5/10 Life in a Glasshouse That 90s Microsoft Windows ambience is back, but is immediately stripped back into dark heavy hitting piano and jazz. Another gorgeous dark song, with hints of Billie Holiday. I can only describe this song as devastating and theatrical. Not a huge fan of the pauses leading into blaring sax. Overall a good ending to a great album. 8.8/10 ALBUM SCORE: 8.6/10 (B+)
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