12. "listened to it earlier today..." In response to Reply # 0
i dig it. it's pretty much what i expected it to sound like. the opening and closing tracks were my faves. i got a feelin the rest will grow on me. there was def some good stuff in there.
16. "Yeah ummm... this is like the proper follow up to Amnesiac" In response to Reply # 0
I can already tell it'll prolly get more burn than the last two Radioheads *from ME* Like if you threw those after OK Computer, then go Kid A, Amnesiac into this... hmmm I guess HTTT has to fit in there somewhere between the last two.
There's an underlying narrative that runs through out those five albums, even HTTT which revealed itself piece by piece. HTTT kind of clusterfucked it but still had some great moments. By In Rainbows they seemed to abandon that whole thing for abunch of Thomfoolery babble. King of Limbs was literally the village crier standing on the corner with newspapers pretending he made sense.
All of the above should be read as complete hyperbole including my implication that there is a narrative. It's all about perceptions and mine is kinda set on the band as a whole.
There's something about this that seems to say hmmmmmm that narrative didn't disappear yet. I'll have to give it more listens to but yeah.
31. "upon fourth listen it's my favourite thing in the world..." In response to Reply # 30
this is infinitely more consistent of a full piece than the king of limbs. the things that are fleshing themselves out to me upon repeated visits are just...man.
this project officially has its proverbial dick in my mouth right now. i'm officially fanboying.
the best part of everything? underneath all the layers and cacophony are these sleek sexy little dance numbers that don't really appear until you hear em a few times.
this shit is like nine little lotus flowers in disguise.
33. "I've had it on repeat these past couple days" In response to Reply # 0
Was really hoping they'd be the 3rd headliner @ The Governor's Ball insteada GnR but this'll get me thru. Only complaint so far is that it's too short.
34. "completely off my radar that thom / flea doing this" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Feb-20-13 05:30 PM by maro
I got this stream plugged into my surround in my studio, dopeness. and you are all correct to say that flea breathes life into the eraseresque of this.
39. "RE: People only dislike it because of its length." In response to Reply # 38 Thu Feb-21-13 09:25 AM by Austin
>the king of limbs slams in this thread are offbase for this >reason too.
I guarantee if Supercollider, Butcher, Daily Mail and Staircase had been on it, a lot of the people that are dismissive of it would have a different opinion.
40. "You may be right, but initially it felt kind of slight after In Rainbows..." In response to Reply # 39
The more you listen to it, the less it feels that way, but that was sort of my initial reaction.
I actually thought the Live from the Basement version of KOL was better than the studio version, and I also caught a show on their last tour and those songs all go hard live.
I also caught one of the few Atoms for Peace shows they did a few a years ago when the played Eraser in full, and even those songs sounded better live.
46. "RE: After a day of listening:" In response to Reply # 0
I like it.
It's good, but I don't think I hear what everyone else does. To me, it just sounds like Thom's follow up to the Eraser, but with better songs.
Musically, very reminiscent of OMD at times, which is just fun.
Some of Thom's most inspired guitar work in some time, especially on the album's second half.
The vinyl is really nice. Two heavy 180gram discs. The respective runout grooves have messages inscribed in them, too. Side A: "Little fireworks of joy" Side B: "Tying round reels of string" and "The soundmasters" Side C: "Just having their fun" Side D: "Trying to get your attention" Very music geeky, but I love that stuff!
78. "i was half asleep when i listened to the NPR podcast this morning.." In response to Reply # 61
so this might be factually off..but i think they said the whole band got together at joey waronker's house in LA and listened to nothing but fela while they discussed recording the album.
69. "I hated the singles ..." In response to Reply # 0
... but in the context of the album they all gel together quite nicely. Wish I would have ignored the singles and just waited for the album. It gets better with each play. I had to play the Jim James again once to not burn it out.
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