After a crap of a week, it’s lovely to have a treat like the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows to listen to. Having downloaded it (and paid a decent price for it, I might add), I am, dare I say it, overwhelmed.

Why? Well, there are melodies, guitars, strings, soaring vocals, songs with a 4/4 time signature – when was the last time I heard all of these elements on more than one song in a Radiohead album? Probably 1997.

But most tellingly, I am genuinely moved. Thom Yorke’s vocals are beautiful as ever but this time he has the accompaniment to enhance it rather than play against it.

I particularly liked the trio of songs that’s the core of the album, All I Need -> Faust Arp -> Reckoner. Given the nature of their albums since OK Computer, the fact that I liked more than 2 songs on my first listen is already an extraordinary achievement! I’m sure that I’ll find more hidden gems the more I listen to it.

Definitely worth downloading, and worth paying for.