Mittwoch, 10. Okt 2007, 5:00

New radiohead album is finally out … all the waiting and all the hype over this was all worth , the album is amazing , for thouse , like me , that listened to the early versions of the 8 tracks premiered at their last tour you would be pleasedly surprised , even when the songs seem familiar the arrangements make them soo different.. its like listening to something that you alredy knew but its also new as well..
the track list review :

Track 1 15 Step : this one has amazing guitar arrengements , it starts with this crazy drum beats and Thoms voice only to inmediatly , after the firsr couple of verses kill us with the guitars entring , with a jazzy vibe and yet something similar at the tempo of i might be wrong the track flows perfect with all this percusions and beats on the back , letting the guitars disguise slowly till the whole track gets to the bridge .. quiet and somewhat ghostly to later hit us back with the beats " you used to be alright" sings Thom , and then you hear childs singing yeaa!! simply genious.. and the ending … they really nailed the endings on In rainbows

Track 2 Bodysnachers : With a The bends era vibe on the guitar radiohead blows our minds with this track ,its so powerful and energetic , it starts with the guitars very distorted , thom voice and the drums kick in almost at the same time , the track keeps flowing as an amazing rock song , the riffs are keep coming as the track blows on and on and on , like a heavy explosion in the sky , the ondes manternot also comes in and out randomly to let the track explode in the end , as thoms mumbles in paranoia , this song should be the first single!

Track 3 Nude : It stars like a whirlpool , taking us slowly in to what they played at the boonaroo festival last year ,or so it seemed until the arrengments in the studio transformed this song in to , probably they best radiohead ballad till today .. the strings come on and off and Thoms Voice reaches the climax on a very high note at the all your dirty mind is thinking part of the lyrics.
often debated by the fans during the 10 years prior to the final release of this song, this version is farly incredible and very emotional , it broke me in to tears when i first heard it .. this song is glorious

Track 4 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi imagine that you jump and take a dive in the deep ocean , as so this track takes you till you sink completly to see at the bottom and all of sudden the sun light.. simply wonderful , the drums help you to take the leap and then the guitars sink along in arpeggios that at some point remind you of arps coming on an off… it makes you feel like you lisent to the sirens sing.

Track 5 All i Need : drumbeats and the ondes mandernot courtesy of Jonny start of with the song to later take you with the bass , the bass in this song is amazing .. this track is perfect to be with the one you love , reminding you what sometimes we say in this situations.. your all i need… the bass and thoms voice keep playing , taking you as the other sounds like bells come slowly in to the song.. guitars come and go as the chorus enters to leave you again with the basic bass and drums…then the piano kicks in , all of sudden in a wonderful bridge that takes the song in to the climax , you feel it end as an orgasm of sounds filling your head.

Track 6 Faust Arp : completly new song , just acoustic guitars playing as arps , amazingly warm , with string arrengements that gave me the goose bumps , the production on this track and in the whole album indeed feels binaural , like you had them playing in your bedroom.. the strings keep filling this song and the guitars remain as the base of this song.. another perfect track wich reminds me of the beatles somehow , but yet so unique as Radiohead.

Track 7 Reckoner : the surprise of the album , spectral ,as a phantom lament , it starts with amazing drum beats( this is also the first album where you can feel the whole band being seriously important to each track) then when the guitars kick in you feel how this phantom came out of nowhere to speak his lament , the track goes slowly , like someone who has been under a lot as is tired of it.. then the climax of this song slowly arrives , the silence.. as the rain down part in paranoid android pulished and taken to the next level.. its quiet , hounting , beautiful and amazing like the tearing of this phantoms lament.. probably the best track on this album.. it has the new sound of Radiohead simply mind blowing .. as the song fades slowly .. as if the phantom were consuming in to the eternal fire..

Track 8 House of Cards : warmest track on the album , it starts like you were putting all your "cards" on the
table and you were ready to play the game of love .. " i dont want to be your friend , i want to be your lover , no matter how it ends , no matter how it starts" the bet is set , and we are ready to play..
the guitar keeps warmly playing as yet the magnificent arrengments add textures to the song , ondes mandernot waves , strings and even other guitar sounds float by the whole song , it ends sharp as you would feel when you realise you lost the game.. "Your eyes should be burning now"Denial..

Track 9 Jigsaw Falling in to Place:
This was previously named open pick , got the name changed for this record and the song itself is amazing , the guitars play as the hummming goes over and over during all the song , thom voice sounds paranoic again , this track gives me the feeling that you get when someone is chasing you.. its like a haint and the bass lines in the pre chorus play perfectly with the guitars , very very solid music wise , a perfect track to anounce that the record will soon be over.. the voice of thom goes from calm to desperate near the end it grows in pasion as the riffs keep going on and on , reminds me a bit of the trickster but again with a way better and polished structure and yet another proof of how much Radiohead has improved their sound in to perfection.

Track 10 Videotape : This one will be world wide debated , some will love it some will hate it .. as for my impressions , it starts like the version of From the basement then.. the percusions kick in and give it this claustrophobical feeling , like you were trapt inside a Videotape Rolling simply mindblowing as it ends with one note touch .

lastly and again Radiohead have made another classic , so get it as soon as posible