Radiohead’s new song “Daydreaming” — which dropped Friday with an eerie, Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video — is a very, very slow build.
Beginning with a minimal piano riff, Thom Yorke’s voice doesn’t come in until around 1:20. Tortured vocals appear the 2-minute mark, and half a minute later is when the tempo finally starts the quicken. Ominous strings show up 5 minutes in.
It all builds up to something, but we aren’t sure what it is — what it sounds like is 30 seconds of Thom Yorke mumbling and growling indecipherably. Read more…
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