Radiohead: 'Nude'

‘Nude’ is one of Radiohead’s finest achievements in recent years, but has anyone really not heard it yet? Considering most people bought the album ‘In Rainbows’ online for 2p, releasing singles to promote said album seems somewhat perverse.

Album tracks like ‘Bodysnatchers’ toyed with noise and beats, setting a new progressive direction for the band. ‘Nude’, however, is one of those ethereal dirges that bring ‘OK Computer’-era Radiohead to mind. A warming pulse of bass, strings recorded on Pluto, the waltzing brush of snare… and a dreamy ending that a late 60s Brian Wilson would have been proud of. Tom warbles on about unrequited love and going to hell for what his dirty mind is thinking – but, as usual, it’s the feeling that matters. What are you waiting for?

Released on 31st March by XL Recordings.

Written by James Farrell.