“Thom Yorke describes his excellent new solo album Anima as “dystopian,” which isn’t exactly the hugest surprise in the world. With or without Radiohead, he’s spent his whole career mapping out the dystopia we’re living in—he does futuristic apocalypse the way John Fogerty does choogle. Yorke could have spent the entire record freestyling new verses for “Old Town Road” and it still would have turne”
“Thom Yorke's solo album, his first since The Eraser, was released last Friday as a paid BitTorrent download. Here, the line between man and machine has blurred to the point of disappearing, as Yorke’s vocals blend seamlessly with glitchy textures and stuttering beats.”
“Thom Yorke's latest solo endeavor has an interesting aesthetic, but the appeal of these tracks doesn't extend too far beyond that.”