Albums of the Decade - 31. Thom Yorke - Anima (2019)

 31. THOM YORKE - ANIMA (2019) 

The spaghettiblogonese  #1 album of 2019 - this baby had an electronic peacocking quality about it - I used to and often still do go jogging to the beats of  "Twist" - which is one of the greatest dubstep songs of all time - this is the least Radiohead-like album that their frontman has ever produced.

The hymnal "Dawn Chorus" is another highlight to this underground heavyweight of an album - it is so grainy, so dusty, so dubby, so shady - it's cobbled together sequentially - and these imperfections make the darkness rather spellbinding actually; it sputters but never freakouts. 

If you drink yourself up a scotch, you'll note that this album goes quite well with that single malt vibe - that perfect November freezing outside vibe - when the unbelievable "runwayaway" brings down the final curtain  to dub - yes dub - what the actual? Artists frequently possess the ability to spring surprises, and this cat has done it again. Cat out the hat. Rabbit from the bag.

Albums of the Decade - 48. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)

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.