Radiohead
In Rainbows

THE REVIEW

Radiohead: "In Rainbows"

Their seventh studio album, in two different formats: a basic DRM-free download version that costs whatever you want that's available October 10th, and a deluxe boxed version that includes a double vinyl disc, a book, eight bonus tracks and two CDs, out the first week of December (it also comes with a DRM-free download that activates on October 10th). Rolling Stone

After a fervent wait, the new work by the great-grandsons of Pink Floyd, Radiohead, is released on CD, big vinyl, album, mp3, with a HUGE marketing operation for the auction offer download, with the associated worldwide mega-launch... a decoy for those who still believe in the salvific staging of a dying music market. Very shrewdly, as Prince had already done some time ago, our guys went independent to rake in more money for the sale of their music; and this is a sacred right.

The songs are alluring, well-constructed but it's obvious from a mile away that they are fake, distant, never really emotive, and hints of plastic soul are not enough to make them present... made of nothing, evanescent, well-played keyboard to the max, with nil guitar work. OVER EVERYTHING LOOMS Yorke's toxic and deeply depressing voice. So what the hell kind of psychedelia or rock are we talking about, let's call things by their names: radio pop. Psychedelia for psychedelia if for example, I re-listen to the True West Hollywood Holiday album of twenty years ago or the most depressing solo things of Barrett, or the worst Grateful Dead of the 80s, some blow came from the woofers, compared to these little Martian sounds. And this flat sound is instead ideal for downloading, and if you want to hear better, there's the complete deluxe boxed version pack for a few big bucks, but it's strictly for fans. The best tracks in my humble opinion are "House of Cards", "Nude" and "Videotape", but there's nothing unforgettable, except a hypnotic mood which is their trademark.

Postulate: I CAN'T STAND Thom Yorke's cold, algid soul, soporific, pain-relieving and perhaps anti-inflammatory VOICE, which gives me no emotions - in comparison, Bowie's more android voice on the man who sold the world is hot - nor the Radiohead's are-you-there-or-not-there, precious, jazzy and tiny tiny guitars.

Let's close with gossip it’s better:

According to Billboard.com, the circulating figures are 1.2 million copies sold at an average of 8 dollars each; but sources close to the band report that such figures "are exaggerated", and swear that the real accounts are yet to be made. "One must also take into account the torrent of illegal downloads that rage as soon as an album is released on the market," said a band insider.
What's certain instead, is that the English band is preparing for a tour that should start next spring, the "large scale venues". A contract for the traditional distribution of "In Rainbows" has not yet been signed. (BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, TIME WILL TELL -Ed.)

THIS IS NOT PSYCHEDELIA, IT'S POP and soul DISGUISED with little effects.