i didn't think it was possible but they've managed to baffle me again.

this shit is weird. like weirder than they've ever been. it's like if 'the eraser' had babies with 'amnesiac''s b-sides.

not for the average listener. definitely not for the average listener.

there's so much going on here. so much confusion. drum patterns come and go where they damn well please. voices fade in and out of the left side and the right side of the headphones at random. things groove then they don't groove. then they do things i can't wrap my head around. then as soon as i think i've got it, they rip the rug out from underneath me and do something else. every song is like its own little acid trip. hell, i've had ACTUAL acid trips that've made more sense than some of these songs.

thom is speaking "thom" more than ever. i'll be damned if i can make out half of wtf he's saying.

everything made me feel very very uneasy...and then "lotus flower" came on and ripped me apart. made me break down and cry. like hard too. then things got a little easier. not much tho.

their songs have always taken a few listens to completely digest and understand...but i have a feeling these are gonna take more digestion than usual.

they really are on their own fucking planet. like seriously fuck you if you think you have expectations of what something's gonna sound like at this point. they don't give a fuck. you're on planet radiohead. it's a very strange place.

i really don't know how they've stumped me again. it's crazy.

i said the other day half-jokingly "they could fart into a mic for 38 minutes and not only would i love it but i'd prolly try to convince you it was the album of the year." oddly enough i got the running time exactly right. and wouldn't you know it...they're farting into the mic the whole time...daring you to smell it...then smell it again...and keep smelling it until you know exactly what it is they had for breakfast.

i'm gonna press play again and see what happens.


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