Thom Yorke Anima – Vinyl Review
In a musical landscape full of ethereal textures, the master delivers his most fully realized dream soundtrack yet.
Part of Radiohead's brilliance was their blending of heavy-hitting grunge-birthed rock with dreamy ambient textures. The trajectory of the band over their 35-year career has been to gradually pull back on the hard rock and push up the ethereal elements in the mix. 2011's King of Limbs and 2016's A Moon Shaped Pool feature very little distorted guitar, instead opting to emphasize looping electronics in the former and delicate piano-led pieces in the latter. This transition was echoed (or ...