In the most horrifying words I will ever say: I’ve grown up. While that is, in many ways, a good thing, they don’t support that kind of isolation anymore. It made that unhealthy loneliness bearable. More than that, it fed my loneliness, which is my natural state of being. When I listened to this record, with its monstrous soaring guitars, its intricate constructions, I was wowed by the technical proficiency. I still have those profound moments, where I’m taken back to my youth, and the music is still powerful, still relatable More than that though, it is the changes I have gone through in the last nine years. Part of it is Radiohead fans, who can be absolutely insufferable part of it is Thom Yorke, whose invitingly real isolation is also horribly off putting at times. My relationship with this record strains, as I grow older. The lyrics recall 1984 the song structures are novel, and it makes some truly interesting musical statements, within the pop music credo.However I’m sure you saw that coming a mile away. OK Computer was, and is, a comfort for me when I’m alone – or feel lonely – as that is its defining musical statement. I remember my weight, vacillating between too heavy and too light I remember the nights in my room, playing guitar for an audience of none, and being comforted by that solitude. I hear rainy nights in my parents’ cars, watching the murky blue suburbs slashed with orange when I listen to this album. That’s why I love this record.įurther, this album was my 10 th-grade life. Songs like “Airbag,” “Karma Police,” and “Lucky” all sit in this gray murk of loneliness, that, for many people, is relatable.

Yorke’s affected airiness takes you further into isolation, than closer to people. This record – and in many ways, the idol of Thom Yorke – represent loneliness at the extreme: the sounds are distant, ethereal thick moments create space, rather than bring anything together.

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