Author: Radiohead

Release Date: 03-06-2016

Details: Pablo Honey in no way was adequate preparation for its epic, sprawling follow-up. Building from the sweeping, three-guitar attack that punctuated the best moments of Pablo Honey, Radiohead creates a grand and forceful sound that nevertheless resonates with anguish and despair -- it's cerebral anthemic rock. Occasionally, the album displays its influences, whether it's U2, Pink Floyd, REM, or the Pixies, but Radiohead turn clichés inside out, making each song sound bracingly fresh. Thom Yorke's tortured lyrics give the album a melancholy undercurrent, as does the surging, textured music. But what makes The Bends so remarkable is that it marries such ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic and accessible. “The Bends is a polished bottling of the quintet's napalm, teething through post-rock classicism and bursting with a tortured falsetto from our beloved Thom Yorke...a visionary blend of brooding texture, tension, spirit, and synth.” - Consequence of Sound

UPC: 634904078027

EAN: 0634904078027

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New