Of Miles Rausch

Day 20: 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)

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Hail to the Thief (2003)

This song was a revival. Kid A and Amne­siac, while great, were claus­tro­pho­bic and para­noid. As fans, we longed for a lit­tle taste of the old Radio­head: con­fi­dent, a lit­tle bit­ter, and hard. This song announced a step back that way, but with a twist. This song really hit home for me when I watched a broad­cast of their Glas­ton­bury per­for­mance of it. The song begins a lit­tle comtem­pla­tive, a lit­tle soft, a lit­tle dull. Then with one sud­den point, and a swift upstrum, the song erupts with every­one going a hun­dred miles an hour. Oh, what the heck.

Notable lyric: It’s the devil’s way now / There is no way out / You can scream & you can shout / It is too late now / Because / You have not been / pay­ing attention