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Radiohead: Jigsaw Falling Into Place

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by Mike Diver

From industry-spinning contempt for convention to standard-issue racked-out release in the blink of an eye: Radiohead’s comeback has been the subject of many column inches, from the industry press through to the tabloids, but as yet words have not morphed into meaningful radio play. Which is why we now have ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’, classically recognisable and immediate in its lassoing of listeners already ensnared by the rhetoric preceding the ‘proper’ release of parent LP, In Rainbows.

Lyrically recalling a wayward night out that our Thom probably hasn’t been on for some while, it’s not the sound of paranoid gloom-rock some have regularly assessed Radiohead as purveyors of since their inspirational OK Computer masterpiece; instead, ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ is a bass-propelled pop-rock head-bobber, easy enough on the ear for indirect consumption – car stereo while manoeuvring in Asda car park, rubbing eyes open between Chris Moyles funnies – but compositionally complex beneath a deceptively simple outer gloss for long-standing admirers to get sufficient kicks from.

The perfect introduction to In Rainbows, then, if you’re one of the eight yet to hear it.

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  • Radiohead 8 / 10

Nice

It struck me as odd that The Guide decided to present as fact the setting for this song as being a restaurant

Is that the most poorly structured sentence to be posted on DiS today? Quite possibly


God I love

how intense Phil looks when he's drumming. Better timing than a drum machine, damnit.

One half Hammer & Tongs, one half Adam & Joe, eh? Snappy video combination!


adam buxton is a legend

however i have not heard in rainbows yet. i was too poor to afford to pay much for it, and i didn't want to pay nothing for it.

stupid morals.


I've never

listened to a Radiohead album. So there.

Psst I don't like them!


what a silly comment

they're more of an album band, so give them a chance. If you don't like them from there on, fair enough.