But The Eraser is no more experimental than the average Radiohead album. In fact, it sounds exactly like you would expect a Thom Yorke solo album to sound: twitchy electronic beats, doomy washes of synthesizer, backing vocals that are invariably high, wordless and ghostly, except on Skip Divided, where they literally involve whimpering. The lyrics are one long defeated sigh, interrupted by the occasional tut and roll of the eyes. We are variously informed that there's no light in the dark, time's running out for us, things are fucked up, it gets you down and people get crushed like biscuit crumbs. Even the guitar on The Clock sounds like it's grumbling. At its worst, The Eraser brings to mind the unlikely image of Autechre fronted by Private Frazer off Dad's Army: thump, bleep, splonk, we're all doomed, I tell you.
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Anyway, the Grauniad are full o' shit. Well, of course it DOES sound like Radiohead, but basically if you don't like Thom's usual emotional attitude, don't listen, geezer. Of course it's his usual moaning. But the beats and sounds are good... And will ignorant dick'eads please shut up about Autechre. It doesn't sound anything like Autechre, really, and nor have Radiohead ever. Geez.
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And I suspect that "sounds like Autechre" is lazy-journalistese for "is electronic, choppy and somewhat difficult".
That last line is genius, and makes me want to sample Dad's Army.