Oh my god. New Radiohead. New. Radiohead. Why isn't it here yet? I can't wait. I hope it's as good as [OK Computer/Kid A/In Rainbows/Amnesiac]. Of course it will be - it will be better. Thom Yorke is incapable of anything other than complete genius and he would never do anything that wasn't frickin' A-mazing. OK, I mean [Pablo Honey/Hail to the Thief/Amnesiac] wasn't my favorite, but it's probably my fault; I just didn't listen to it hard enough. Yes, definitely my fault. ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod...
2. Confusion
What's up with the first track? I mean it doesn't really sound like In Rainbows, which was awesome. It's good though, right? I just thought there was going to be more [traditional song structure/accessible lyrics/layered sounds/stilted rythms] and less [traditional song structure/accessible lyrics/layered sounds/stilted rythms].
3. Denial
Yeah, it's totally genius. Going with that [annoying looping rhythm/screeching vocals/disembodied computer voice/sampled piano] was an artistic reinvention. It's a whole new ballgame and Thom was right to throw off the shackles of the last album. It's just sooo good that it's ahead of everybody else and we have to catch up. Genius. Definitely genius. Couldn't be anything but genius because everyone knows Radiohead is genius and if this isn't genius that would mean everything that came before wasn't genius either and that would just be unbearable.
4. Anger
IT WAS ALL A LIE. This makes no sense. This isn't another [OK Computer/Kid A/In Rainbows/Amnesiac]! It's worse than [Pablo Honey/Hail to the Thief/Amnesiac] - it's just noise. No wait, it's still just my fault. I didn't listen hard enough - if I listen to it a second time OH WHO AM I KIDDING IT'S JUST WEIRD FOR THE SAKE OF WEIRD.
5. Acceptance
OK, I guess I really do like Give up the Ghost and Little by Little. It's kind of a pared down In Rainbows, almost going back to Kid A, but still with some of the accessibility of [OK Computer/The Bends/In Rainbows]. Bloom is starting to grow on me, too. And Codex... Well, Thom Yorke sure can do still do that 'sweet sadness' better than anybody else - it might even be up there with Exit Music or Motion Picture Soundtrack. Wonder why they didn't put it at the end of the album. I think I could live without Feral or Lotus Flower - and what's up with the album length? Only 8 songs? Kinda weird. OK, so maybe it's not another [OK Computer/Kid A/In Rainbows] but it's still better than 90% of the albums I'm going to buy this year, and definitely more inventive and unique than 99% of them.
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