the eraser.

1. the eraser.
he has this crazy way of making a melody, with barely any kind of instrumentation. with only two chords playing, he still can make something really listenable. and when the background voices come in..that's nice.
whoa...the down modulation in between the chorus and second verse.
it's like..a mature, less poppy postal service.
the beat at the end is so laid back, and relaxing, yet busy at the same time.

2. analyse.
this has much more of a 'hail to the theif' feel, a bit minor, with lots of piano/electronic beat. almost an eastern feel, with the drums. a tabla or sitar would fit in.
this has a very epic feel to it. it keeps growing, and adding layers.

3. the clock.
the panning on this record has been amazing so far. listening in headphones makes it a treat. thom beat boxing, look out. the instrumentation has been really well done so far, on the whole record. i can't tell whether it's a guitar playing the main melody, but it's got a really cool sound. it's really distorted and fuzzy.
there's a real urgency in this song. like you can see someone running down a back alley, in a black and white film.
a really great ending.

4. black swan.
this is the first time i can hear recognizable guitars, bass and electric. the guitars definetly take precident over the beat, but the vocals are still the loudest in the mix. "you cannot kickstart a dead horse, you just crush itself, and walk away".
this is probably the least melodic of the tracks so far, not incredibly impressive, but...that synth part is cool in the "bridge".

5. skip divided.
the bass synth melody is really cool. the atmosphere is really cool. all the diffrent things being added to the layers. its definetly building up to something. the vocals are really hypnotizing. again, not an overly melodic song, but much better than the last.

6. atoms for peace.
another bass synth melody, but much more melodic. the vocals are higher, in a typical thom yorke range. whoaaaa, his vocal melody does some crazy things. this is much more optimistic. "no more leaky holes in your brain, and no more false starts". very laid back beat. this song feels like it could work on kid a, easily.
one of my favourite thus far.

7. and it rained all night.
starts with a distorted build up, into a dark, upbeat beat. this song also has a sense of urgency in it, with a dark, minor melody to it. it almost has a house, dance feel to it. lots more layers get added, and it feels like a 'hard-to-dance-to', unstereotypical dance song. like a daft punk song, with more offbeats. i like his rising vocal melody.

8. harrowdown hill.
feels like another 'hail to the theif' b-side. like 'where bluebirds fly' or 'paperbag writer'. another bass melody, with sustaining drones. "we think the same things at the same time, we just can't do anything about it". the beat drops out and fades back in for the second verse. the second vocal part, the echo, sounds really cool in the left speaker. the piano sounds amazing. fits the song perfectly. the guitar as well, fits the feel of the song so well.

9. cymbal rush.
the start feels like a squarepusher or aphex twin beat. the piano fading in, underneath the drones, sounds really good. again, the more layers that get added, the better the song becomes. everything fades but the beat. just the piano, and a more standard, snare on 2 and 4 beat. you can just feel it building up. no climax.

it's a good record. not very memorable, not one real standout song, but still very good. it doesn't seem like the build ups in most of the song climaxed as big as most radiohead songs do. still, a good record, and definetly worth the money to pick up.