It's a thoroughly astonishing demonstration of musical virtuosity and becomes even more impressive with repeated listens, which reveal subtleties like electronica rhythms, eerie keyboards, odd time signatures, and complex syncopations. Even at its most adventurous - such as the complex, multi-segmented "Paranoid Android" - the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and Thom Yorke's voice effortlessly shifts from a sweet falsetto to vicious snarls. Radiohead have stripped away many of the obvious elements of guitar rock, creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of rock & roll. Twenty years after Radiohead released OK Computer, capitalism’s tech overlords have inexorably cultivated a work force and customer base of wish-they-were. The anthemic guitar heroics present on Pablo Honey and even The Bends are nowhere to be heard here. It only took 20 years but Radiohead’s always-down-to-sleuth fans finally found the location of the photo used for the cover art of their landmark album OK Computer.
Using the textured soundscapes of The Bends as a launching pad, Radiohead delivered another startlingly accomplished set of modern guitar rock with OK Computer.
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