Radiohead
There There
(Parlophone)
 

‘There There’ is not quite the blistering return to guitar-rock perfection that everyone had hoped for, having politely tolerated the uncompromising experimentation of Kid A and Amnesiac. But the guitars are nevertheless back with a vengeance, albeit a delicate, minor key vengeance that recalls the ‘head’s early US indie influences more than The Bends-era fireworks. Another welcome return is Thom Yorke as a singer; the old pop sensibility is definitely lurking somewhere behind that inimitable whine. Altogether a very Radiohead-like comeback.

Graham Hodge

Xfm
26.05.03