Layers Of Earth

….should be called “In Dulgent”….    

Seems as if my beloved Radiohead have run out of things to say, err, mumble. This band had a nice sonic progression going from The Bends through OK Computer and Kid A. There, they found the beeps and bloops hop sketchy “sound”, fell in love with 5/4 time and stopped evolving. The only progression, or REgession thereafter was in the songwriting, if one can call it that anymore. Songcraft, which was still present even through the most grating of production choices, has dissolved into cheesecloth – thin layers of itchy fabric covering the fake plastic shell of what used to be best band in the world.

Bah. Glad I only paid 2 pound 45 for it.

Of course, I reserve the right to fall in love with In Rainbows. Afterall, I did in fact hate OK Conputer the first time I heard it…

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 at 11:37 am and is filed under Music.