48. RADIOHEAD -A MOON SHAPED POOL (2016)Radiohead have always been a sinister band for me. It's ironic that I got into them through "No Surprises," their most beautifully melodic single. Also, their prettiest song on here "Present Tense" has an undercurrent of tango to it - a threatening kind of depression - plus as it's common to misconstrue what Thom Yorke is harping on about as he sings "A self defence against the present" it sounds like "president" - so if you couple that with the ominous shades that the HBO show "House of Cards" was putting forth with Kevin Spacey's excellent but scary character -the cream at the top; you'll hopefully catch my interpretaive drift.
There's no point in dissecting through this one, track by track. That was for Kid A in 2000 which was going to be the winner of the last decade until I took a last minute red wine u-turn and sold out with The National's "Boxer" - it soundtracked a breakup - say no more. So sans dissection on this write-up but I'm absolutely endorsing the most full-bodied, least wonkiest album Radiohead have ever done. They misled us again, it wasn't at all a "low-flying panic attack" but a measured, rich, shiraz with hints of radios and a few heads and no vanilla in sight / smelt.
