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" Time flies doesn&amp;#039;t it? Four years have passed since Radiohead re-wrote the rulebook on album distribution with their &amp;#039;honesty box&amp;#039; release of In Rainbows, and a decade since they astounded fans and critics alike with their dark masterpiece, Kid A. So if Radiohead&amp;#039;s fans have come to expect the unexpected, the question is what do Britain&amp;#039;s biggest rock band do next? The answer is The King Of Limbs, a modest 8 track album of only 37 minutes that sees the band in what looks almost like a comfort zone. In lieu of a proper single, a video for &amp;#039;Lotus Flower&amp;#039; appeared on YouTube the day of the album&amp;#039;s release and became a viral hit as Thom Yorke&amp;#039;s spasmodic dancing was remixed with everything from &amp;#039;Surfin&amp;#039; Bird&amp;#039; to Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9. The tune itself is a typical modern Radiohead track, Yorke&amp;#039;s falsetto vocals weave seductively though hypnotic rhythms that stop just short of being catchy. The rest of the album splits neatly in two. &amp;#039;Bloom&amp;#039; opens in a flurry of staccato drums and piano loops that recall the finest moments of In Rainbows, while &amp;#039;Feral&amp;#039; moves into Kid A-esque starkness as Yorke&amp;#039;s distorted voice threatens to meld into the beats and blips. The second half of the album moves into more melodic territory.The heartbeat rhythm and dreamy piano of &amp;#039;Codex&amp;#039; slows things down before the lilting highlight &amp;#039;Give Up The Ghost&amp;#039; meanders under Yorke&amp;#039;s soaring vocals. The King Of Limbs is produced by the band&amp;#039;s long time collaborator Nigel Godrich and the album retains the same rich multi-layered texture of its predecessors. There is an organic feel to it despite the myriad of electronic instruments and effects that are mixed into every track. Yorke sounds as good as ever and the band show their deftness of touch in bringing out the delicate beauty in the songs. It&amp;#039;s the sound of Radiohead in their groove, at ease with themselves. The title of the final track &amp;#039;Separator&amp;#039; and the fact that the download from the band&amp;#039;s website is titled &amp;#039;TKOL01&amp;#039; has led to "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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