Ich sollte vielleicht wirklich mal die Finger stillhalten, wenn es darum geht, erste Eindrücke zu schildern. Mittlerweile halte ich "Anima" für sein mit Abstand bestes Soloalbum und einen growigen Grower, der mich, gerade was die Stimmung auf dem Album betrifft, so richtig begeistert.
Na, geht doch :-) Die hier und Black Midi sind beides so Grower-Alben. Thom Yorke unterschätzt man anfangs vielleicht ein wenig, für die andere braucht man Zeit um sie zu kapieren. Tja, man sieht sich am Jahresende
Dear sisters and brothers of the Radiohead family,
I hope November has treated you well… Autumn is still hanging on here in the Welsh Hills, the leaves magnificent in their fine colours, readying to drop and leave us to the winter… So … wanted you all to be the first to know what I’ve been up to outside of Radiohead, seeing as so many of you have been asking me after shows or in the street… Well I’ve made my first album and the first single, Brasil, is coming out in a few days… December 5 to be precise. Another single will follow in earlyish 2020 and the album just after that. Brasil is produced (as is the album) by my mate, the sonic maestro known as Flood, ably assisted by Catherine Marks, Cecil Bartlett and some of Willesden’s finest sound engineers! Alan Moulder mixed the album… I was also blessed by a truly stellar cast of musicians and friends. David Okumu, Nathan East, Omar Hakim, Laura Marling, Adrian Utley, Glenn Kotche and Colin… Not all at the same… But that’s not a bad idea right??!
The story starts post the King of Limbs tour in 2012 when me and my family moved out to Brasil… We had a truly profound experience living in that extraordinary country…. Made new connections with people and places… And happened to go to Carnaval in Rio in 2013… Truly the greatest show on Earth… An explosion of light, melody, rhythm and love… For me, one of those musical eureka moments…. As our time out there came to an end, we headed home and I found myself intuitively heading for the Welsh Hills. With a copy of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’, a couple of guitars, an amp, and some pedals (of course), I rented a cottage in the Cambrian Mountains and the songs that make up the album started to flow out….
At this time I also happened to come across Carl Sagan’s beautiful words which accompany that iconic photo of the Earth, known as the Pale Blue Dot…. Check them out if you don’t know them… Truly words for our times.
The recording of the album started in the fall of 2017 and we finished it earlier this year… It’s been an amazing journey, gathering all these great musicians, sound engineers and producers together. Not always easy and definitely not without its challenges… But that feels like the right and only place to be…. And now it’s soon to be released… I’m going to tour this record properly… So we’ll be out there in 2020 and hope to see you at some of the shows. This feels like the start of something new and truly significant for me… It has felt like a calling… I have to do this…
So I hope you really like it.
Thank you to so many of you for your encouraging words and shouts at the shows! I’ll see you soon. Big love to you all
Gefällt mir ziemlich gut der Song. Das erste Stück war ja ein reines Instrumental. Hab schon befürchtet, dass es komplett in diese Richtgung geht. Aber jetzt bin ich angefixt.
Starting tomorrow (Thursday) at 10pm UK/2pm PT/5pm ET with Live From a Tent In Dublin - October 2000, we will be releasing one a week until either the restrictions resulting from current situation are eased, or we run out of shows. Which will be first? No-one knows.
☟ smog in berlin. nichts wie hin. weil du mich küsst, bin ich kein tourist.
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