Zarmids

This is experimentation taken to its logical extreme I feel. Like its so far removed from anything I've heard before (even within Experimental Rock as a genre) that it's really hard to describe the vibe it radiates.

The whole thing almost feels liminal to an extent? The otherwordly noises produced by the grating guitar passages; the complex clusterfuck that is the percussion that somehow remains impossibly catchy; the simultaneously restrained yet gutteral moans from the lead ... read more

Mark and Thom join forces for the most experimental project Thom has worked on since Kid A and it is.... lackluster.

To give a little background to this record, it was written entirely over socially distanced zoom calls and emails, after Mark reached out to Thom with a ton of instrumental mp3s, which he agreed to work on. While I can't really vouch for Mark's works, I'm mentioning this to make the point that by no means do I think Thom is 'washed' or that his ... read more

...what is this?

After 3 singles of dubious quality, we finally have ONE better than decent single. The vocals are pretty much perfect (something certainly new in this album's rollout), the mixing is actually well done and it feels fully fleshed out. It's almost weird to be this surprised by the quality of a Thom Yorke track but this really is the best work they've done so far as a duo. Almost ever so slightly hopeful for the record even.

That being said, the progression still ... read more

You know what? I'm somewhat convinced with this one.

After their last two singles were pretty mediocre this is somewhat of a breath of fresh air for the two. The elements that made the last two songs kind of awkward actually somewhat work here, such as Thom's altered vocals and the driving synths, creating for a pretty bizarre listen. It's still littered with issues (mixing is still way too low on streaming and feels wrong at time) but it plays into it's strengths pretty ... read more