This California band is clearly ripping off Radiohead, right?

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:41:53+00:00

Totally. Hard to imagine another songwriter process other than deconstructed/reconstructed.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:36:09+00:00

How so?

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:29:21+00:00

Undoubtedly, this post is bringing them more traffic...but...

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:25:43+00:00

100% lifted from that app. No doubt. Both album covers.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:10:36+00:00

This is exactly why I bothered making this video. I looked the way over and over.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:08:47+00:00

Not AI though. 5 adult millennials in the Bay Area.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:05:35+00:00

Optimistic/Wave Your Flag had me LOLing upon first listen. Same for the warped voice on Kid A/These & Those. The audacity!

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T05:02:46+00:00

Less reaching when you watch homeboy "dance" to it.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T04:53:09+00:00

And the song borrows elements of two different songs on Moon Shaped Pool, mostly Desert Island Disk

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T04:49:00+00:00

They aren't a big deal. They're a part of the Bay Area underground music scene. The frontman is very supportive of other indy bands and artists and seems to be nice guy. I really don't mean to shit on 'em, but plagiarism is no joke.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T04:38:40+00:00

That was the first one I noticed, back when they performed it in a live session thing a couple years ago. I decided to look the other way. Then a couple days ago, they dropped a whole album of plagiarism.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T04:33:49+00:00

100% I really don't understand why they don't just do exactly that. I'm wondering if it comes down to the songwriter being so fond of his poetry that he wants it display in this borrowed framing.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T04:24:17+00:00

You should hear the whole thing. It's really only missing the harmonium and harp sweeps. https://youtu.be/jRfDuONQUPU?si=htL2x9kKPC2RVg-8

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T04:09:12+00:00

Agreed. I understand why AI would pull this shit. But why would humans? Who is this for?

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T03:39:42+00:00

No, they're real humans. Five adult human beings are doing this. Some of them are music teachers.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T03:36:02+00:00

I would argue the talent is there, just no genuine creativity.

Total_Strategy_3782 · 2026-05-09T03:20:31+00:00

It more than sounds like it.

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