Music_and_lyrics A_Moon_Shaped_Pool

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radiohead frontman thom yorke s lyrics discuss love, forgiveness, , regret.


a moon shaped pool has been described art rock album. combines electronic elements such drum machines , synthesisers acoustic timbres such guitar, piano, , greenwood s string , choral arrangements. according pitchfork writer jeremy larson, while lite orchestrations nothing new band, moon shaped pool brings them fore of songwriting, , greenwood s arrangements more heavy lifting on other album. songs sequenced in alphabetical order, greenwood stated chosen because order worked well.


burn witch features col legno strings, whereby players strike strings stick of bow rather bowing them, creating percussive effect. daydreaming ambient song simple, sad piano motif, spooky backmasked vocals, , electronic , orchestral elements. identikit features jam-like opening, choral vocals, , spacey electronics, , ends agitated guitar solo. ful stop features malevolent synthesiser, interlocking guitars, , bustle of rhythms. glass eyes has strings , lyrics evocative of unguarded phone call .


the guardian felt strings, bassline , funk rhythm of numbers homage serge gainsbourg s 1970 album histoire de melody nelson. present tense features latin shuffle beat. tinker tailor soldier sailor rich man poor man beggar man thief combines strings electronic percussion , distorted synthesiser. true love waits , first performed on acoustic guitar on 20 years prior, performed on piano, additional overdubbed pianos building song progresses. special edition contains 2 additional tracks: ill wind , featuring bossa nova rhythm , icy synthesisers, , spectre , piano ballad decaying orchestral sweeps .


many of lyrics discuss love, forgiveness, , regret with, according larson, sense beyond tectonic heartbreak there anaemic acceptance kind of beautiful if don t sad it. several critics felt lyrics coloured yorke s recent separation partner of 25 years, rachel owen, noting backmasked vocals of daydreaming , when reversed, resemble words half of life . spencer kornhaber of atlantic hesitant describe moon shaped pool yorke s breakup album , wrote makes sense when heard document of wrenching chapter 1 human being. other themes include climate change on numbers , dangers of authority , groupthink on burn witch .








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