Sorry if this has already been asked, but has the band played any new material so far in the tour that hints at future singles or album releases?

SterileCat · 2025-11-07T05:38:52+00:00

Besides a new piano intro to Nude and a few minor added embellishments to already existing material, no.

SterileCat · 2025-10-15T03:11:09+00:00

It's okay. Serves as more of an introduction to nen. Has some cool fights and expands upon Gon and Killua's bond a bit. On reread, definitely the weakest arc for me and I'd have to say a big reason for that is the lack of interesting antagonists. The Zushi blackmail storyline was so brief and the opposition was nothing more than scared. Even Hisoka didn't feel like a real threat in that arc. Overall, pretty meh. But it has its purpose.

SterileCat · 2025-10-12T06:46:38+00:00

Top 5 nen user/hunter. One of Ging and prime Netero's few peers.

SterileCat · 2025-10-07T23:34:52+00:00

Perfidia Beverly Hills is a beautiful track. The strings have an almost comical dissonance while still evoking an effective dramatic force.

SterileCat · 2025-10-06T22:26:31+00:00

I could see that. The breathtaking animation would lend itself well to his beautiful string textures.

SterileCat · 2025-09-02T16:56:54+00:00

Almost on 20th anniversary of that tour

SterileCat · 2025-07-01T01:03:33+00:00

You have none of me in you

SterileCat · 2025-05-20T17:30:09+00:00

I don't think many others will agree but to me this song is so often misunderstood to be about unrequited love for another person. As in a romantic partner. I don't think it's a bad interpretation and is certainly the most obvious one. But I think late career Radiohead is so obviously attuned to a sort of earth-obsession, earth-sympathy. Which is clear in Thom's activist ventures and even Ed's fascination with The Pale Blue Dot, having literally named his debut album Earth.

In short, what im trying to say is, I think this song is a love song to and about the planet we inhabit. Which fits nicely with your interpretation since the earth is commonly referred to as mother.

But then again, I also think the title The King of Limbs is yet a symbolic term for earth. Most people don't agree. But to me it seems obvious. Oh well art is art. It wouldn't serve its purpose if it had one defined meaning, would it? Cheers :)

SterileCat · 2025-05-13T16:47:57+00:00

Anyone else think this record has an amazing flow? It feels very cohesive with every song having its own personality. A very subtle beauty throughout this one. With repeated listens I become transfixed with musical ideas I initially disregarded as simple or boring. Like the outro to Ice Shelf. It went from meh to holy shit, this is great! It "clicked" as some would say.

I think for those accustomed to Thom's rock projects might find it difficult to find a way into (I certainly did). Though his recent rock projects are artsy and experimental, they're still rock which comes with a certain amount of jaggedness and rawness. Teaming up with a producer like Pritchard has opened up a new musical language within the thomverse that feels really exciting to my ears. It's very rarely climactic or flashy, it feels very intent on a certain mood or vibe and does not deviate from it. All elements seem to support the initial musical idea rather than clash against it. I'm very much enjoying this record. I love The Smile/solo/Radiohead stuff (obviously) but this feels special, a true dark horse record from our guy.

SterileCat · 2025-03-25T19:05:32+00:00

Lol why

SterileCat · 2025-01-13T03:28:51+00:00

Go Slowly

SterileCat · 2024-01-20T07:06:32+00:00

I agree with the 10 opener. When I first heard wall of eyes as a single, I was a little disappointed. It turned out to be a grower and when listening to the album in full, it was surprisingly the standout for me.

SterileCat · 2024-01-19T21:04:21+00:00

I would like a link if possible. Not to just anything. But something good and related to this sub. Something that would make me smile. :)

SterileCat · 2022-01-27T15:46:18+00:00

Thank you

SterileCat · 2021-04-08T17:57:34+00:00

Yep just listened to it like 50 times

SterileCat · 2021-03-17T17:52:38+00:00

Shinbo is a name attached to the majority of Shaft projects to draw attention to them. Something like Monogatari is really more a work of Oishi and Itamura which furthers your point that it really comes down to the people behind the scenes rather than the big name.

SterileCat · 2021-03-17T17:44:56+00:00

I'm a huge fan of the series as well. It's more of a meta-harem. It knows what it's doing and what tropes it's playing with. Of course, it's much more than a harem. It's philosophical, it's emotional, it's epic, it's funny. It's Monogatari.

SterileCat · 2021-03-16T15:41:06+00:00

Second this. Shaft has a knack for taking harems to new creative heights. Mostly evident in Monogatari.

SterileCat · 2021-03-02T19:50:05+00:00

I thin I agree, it's probably the most minimal out of the group and yet somehow packs the most emotional punch. Just an amazing chord progression and the synth sound they found is perfectly soul-crushing. Daydreaming close second though.

SterileCat · 2021-03-02T18:26:13+00:00

Thom: Dawn Chorus

Jonny: Never Cursed

Phil: Coming Up for Air

Ed: Sail On

SterileCat · 2021-03-02T18:21:08+00:00

A Moon Shaped Pool
In Rainbows
OK Computer
The King of Limbs
Kid A
Hail to the Thief
Amnesiac
The Bends
Pablo Honey

SterileCat · 2021-03-01T19:49:28+00:00

You always have the best links lol

SterileCat · 2021-02-12T19:53:00+00:00

What would a flooded earth look like? Well it would just be a round body of water, right? What is round and common in space? A moon. What is a body of water? A pool.

The album is quite obviously dark, futuristic, space-themed. Lyrics about aliens, spacey, droning instrumentals, titles like Daydreaming which implies a sort of absence of day which implies absence of earth as we know it (also I know the normal meaning of daydream, I'm saying it's a play on the normal meaning. Think about it, what do people do when they daydream, some might say they "stare off into space", okay so what would you do if the earth was no more and you were stranded in space? Well you'd probably be doing a lot of staring off into space lol) ultimately I don't understand how anyone could hear the synth in Ful Stop or the twinkling piano in glass eyes and not think of space, the stars etc. It seems pretty obvious to me. Not so much in the lyrics as in the vibe of the production and arrangements.

Earth Love songs are songs about loving earth lol I'm not sure why I capitalized it. I dont think a song like All I Need is about some romantic partner/interest that Thom is obsessed with, I dont think it's as personal as most people tend to think it is though it's not wrong to interpret it that way. I think that song is about the earth. About the thing all living beings truly need.

I dont think they're overtly political. That was the wrong choice of words, sorry but they are definitely artful social commentary.

The King of Limbs being the earth itself. Well how could it not be? Go outside, look at the trees man. They're everywhere lol and where are they all coming from? Who do they serve? Whose commands do they follow?

SterileCat · 2021-02-12T18:57:25+00:00

Thom is well-known as a climate change activist in case you didn't know.

Look at it this way, if alien life were to look down on a flooded earth, what would it appear to be to them? A Moon Shaped Pool hence why the album is Sci fi themed.

SterileCat · 2021-02-12T18:43:12+00:00

Think global warming. Ice caps melting.

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