Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

Love it, 9/10.

  On 9/27/2014 at 12:13 PM, lawrenke said:

 

  On 9/27/2014 at 11:55 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

How does one get the album exactly?

http://tomorrowsmodernboxes.com

 

TY

I like it. Can't say I'm a big Radiohead or Thom Yorke listener, but this came out of nowhere and I thought I'd give it a listen.

Does anyone else appreciate records more when they just drop out of the sky? whether you're a fan or a new listener of said artist, you go in with no expectations because of the timing of it and I think that's more a benefit to the album in itself.

Guys, don't mess with The Eraser! Eraser is fantastic, especially if you also love Thom for the singing.

Now I had time for a full listen to this new album. Initial thoughts:

1. Solid. Overall interesting, a lot to revisit.

2. No initial favourite (but I have some ideas).

3. I want to see Thom dancing to Mother Lode!

4. As for dancing: Thom>John Travolta

Negative side: It seems I cannot sing to this. It does not have as much focus on Thoms singing as Eraser.

But my first conclusion is: Bravo!

the last track is my initial favorite without a doubt

  On 9/28/2014 at 6:11 PM, Wurstwasser said:

Guys, don't mess with The Eraser! Eraser is fantastic, especially if you also love Thom for the singing.

 

Now I had time for a full listen to this new album. Initial thoughts:

 

1. Solid. Overall interesting, a lot to revisit.

2. No initial favourite (but I have some ideas).

3. I want to see Thom dancing to Mother Lode!

4. As for dancing: Thom>John Travolta

 

Negative side: It seems I cannot sing to this. It does not have as much focus on Thoms singing as Eraser.

 

But my first conclusion is: Bravo!

Yeah I agree about his singing, I love The Eraser and the fact it actually has catchy sing-along songs in there.

Am not one of these people who want Radiohead and Thom to go back to their earlier stuff but I think he is at his best when he realises that you can do both, I think The Eraser and TKOL both have good examples of that.. This new one is ace but he is hiding his singing most of the time in the mix and mumbling away not that that’s necessarily a bad thing but I also enjoy being able to sing along to Thom!

Having side that in terms of overall atmosphere and vibe this is up there with his best stuff and it will no doubt open up more with repeat listens.

btw does the piano at the end there is no ice / pink section remind anyone else of NIN?

  On 9/28/2014 at 1:47 PM, Blank said:

I feel that There Is No Ice (For My Drink) is going to be the really underrated track from the album. Which is a shame, because it sets such a creepy atmosphere, and on headphones, it sounds absolutely orgasmic.

Definitely my favorite tune on the album so far!

Anyone have a link to the SOS studio pics?

Pay good money for lossy files?

Or pay an absurd amount of money for lossless?

$6 is good money?

really like the mother lode, and guess what!

there should be a p2p bandcamp-esque alternative.

  On 9/29/2014 at 12:24 AM, Berk said:

really like the mother lode, and guess what!

what?

the mother lode @ 3:00 is ace when that synth comes in

  On 9/29/2014 at 12:24 AM, Berk said:

really like the mother lode, and guess what!

I can't guess

I listened Tomorrow's and The Eraser back to back, and I must admit that I prefer this new record.

Between sessions of Syro, it's perfect.

Feeling blessed to get such great music these days !

The piano track reminds me of one of the best Ae remixes in existence, To Day retreival for Tortoise.

And the video style reminds me of Rubber Johnny.

As in almost all TY/RH threads, I find myself agreeing with pretty much every post from pigster and jules.

I liked this on first listen, particularly Guess Again! It seemed to meander a little during the second half though, not bad but I need to give it the time it deserves to maybe let it sink in.

It's a lot better than that Atoms For Peace album, which was drier than a bucket of sand

This just made me realize that I never listened to Atoms for Peace. Now im listening to that instead of this. :P

Anyone else a fan of Thom's piano pieces. Thinking in particular of Like Spinning Plates' live incarnation, The Daily Mail, I Want None Of This, I Froze Up etc. Guess Again! sounds like he took one of those type tracks and decided to fuck it up into something amazing. I would like him to put out more solo piano tracks.

The only track of Amok that really stands out is Ingenue, which I prefer in the solo piano version he did on Jonathan Ross.

Wish he would have saved it for a Radiohead album. This new record is much better than Amok and the recorded version of TKoL (live that album was amazeballs). Really looking forward to what they put out now.