Twin Peaks

Together at last: the two spooky volumes of Radiohead’s arena rock renunciation, 2000-2001, plus extras. Danny Eccleston logs on

Radiohead ★★★★★ Kid A Mnesia XL. CD/DL/LP THE CHORUS of dismay that greeted Radiohead’s Kid A on release in 2000 seems passing strange now its hybrid of electronic and traditional rock aesthetics is so ubiquitous. But at the time it offended two camps: those invested in the band’s soaring anthems, and electronica aficionados irked by rock stars encroaching clumsily on their niche. And there was another problem for those who had seen Radiohead live earlier in the year: the most affecting and immediate new songs they were playing weren’t on it. Fans were confronted with the ghostly glitching groove of Everything In Its Right Place and many were left scratching their heads. Twenty years on, Everything… is now one of Radiohead’s most popular live bangers and we know that those lost songs from 2000 weren’t…

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