![]() But it wasn’t until the sudden, independent release of In Rainbows that I happened upon an album I could like pretty much right away. I’ve listened to all of their albums, and enjoyed the majority of them, most notably OK Computer and Kid A. Personally, I’ve liked Radiohead for a while, though it didn’t come easy at first. Radiohead’s far from being the only band that inspires more Kool-Aid drinking on the part of its fans than the actual creators behind it ever did themselves, but they’re my favorite example an act where woe seems to come to whoever dares speak against its quality. Now imply something similar to a Radiohead fan when the subject of their latest album, The King of Limbs, comes up in conversation. Enjoy the hours’ worth of arguing that will probably ensue. And both have the sort of fandom that is rabid enough to insist that they know what they’re doing and there’s a rhyme and a reason to everything, even when casual listeners/viewers on the sidelines are saying “Well, this is interesting enough, but they kind of fell short here.” Go on, try to say something like that to a person who remained a huge fan of LOST through to the end. ![]() Both are known for intentionally misdirecting fans with red herrings about their future direction. Though they work through different mediums, both inspire massive mindscrews and drive fans to pay very close attention to seemingly minute details in order to make some sense of the larger picture. I’ve decided that Radiohead is to music what LOST is to television. But we’ve all said that we can’t possibly dive into that again. ![]() It worked with In Rainbows because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again. ![]() In Brief: Hardcore Radiohead fans will make excuses six ways from Sunday, but I’m sorry… this is good stuff, just not enough of it. ![]()
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