Amok
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke delivers a brilliantly colored robotic carnival with his latest extracurricular endeavor, Atoms for Peace. Joined by a cadre of collaborators who supported his 2008 solo project—Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco, and drummer Joey Waronker—Yorke first led the group on an unstructured jam session. Then he spliced, manipulated, and reconstructed the recordings with the help of longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. The psychedelic result is *Amok*: a set of funky, doctoral-level laptop rock that groove as hard as anything Yorke has ever made.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke joins forces with Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker, and David Byrne percussionist Mauro Refosco (the band he used to bring his solo album The Eraser to life) for the project's first studio album.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke joins forces with Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker, and David Byrne percussionist Mauro Refosco (the band he used to bring his solo album The Eraser to life) for the project's first studio album.
The chief similarity between AMOK, the first album by Atoms For Peace, and The King Of Limbs, the last album by Radiohead, is a wiggly, insistent movement. It’s no secret that Thom Yorke—the frontman for both bands—has lately found true love in electronic music, preferring repetitive clicks and synths to anything…
The chief similarity between AMOK, the first album by Atoms For Peace, and The King Of Limbs, the last album by Radiohead, is a wiggly, insistent movement. It’s no secret that Thom Yorke—the frontman for both bands—has lately found true love in electronic music, preferring repetitive clicks and synths to anything…
Never anything less than interesting, this is an album that shows us, finally, what Thom Yorke’s dancing sounds like, itchy and erratic and utterly compulsive.
Never anything less than interesting, this is an album that shows us, finally, what Thom Yorke’s dancing sounds like, itchy and erratic and utterly compulsive.
Does age mellow everyone? The Thom Yorke we encounter on Amok is not the alienated, fractured personality from The Eraser. Although similar in some respects, Amok is a very different beast to Yorke's only other non-Radiohead work. Opening with the funk-infused bass and uptempo drums of Before Your Very Eyes, Yorke's lyrics offer a downbeat perspective, but one that is looking toward the light: "Beyond where you're looking / The keys to the kingdom." The song climaxes in glorious synth bass and Yorke's reverb-drenched falsetto, soaring as a complex chord progression rises and rises.
Does age mellow everyone? The Thom Yorke we encounter on Amok is not the alienated, fractured personality from The Eraser. Although similar in some respects, Amok is a very different beast to Yorke's only other non-Radiohead work. Opening with the funk-infused bass and uptempo drums of Before Your Very Eyes, Yorke's lyrics offer a downbeat perspective, but one that is looking toward the light: "Beyond where you're looking / The keys to the kingdom." The song climaxes in glorious synth bass and Yorke's reverb-drenched falsetto, soaring as a complex chord progression rises and rises.
Thom Yorke might be the face, philosopher and shot-caller of Radiohead, but the mastermind is Jonny Greenwood. A listen to the hit-and-miss...
Thom Yorke might be the face, philosopher and shot-caller of Radiohead, but the mastermind is Jonny Greenwood. A listen to the hit-and-miss...
f you've ever seen Radiohead live (or watched the "Lotus Flower" video), you're aware that Thom Yorke really likes to dance. But as opposed to graceful, purposeful movements, jerky gyrations and sudden twitches fill Yorke's dancing.
f you've ever seen Radiohead live (or watched the "Lotus Flower" video), you're aware that Thom Yorke really likes to dance. But as opposed to graceful, purposeful movements, jerky gyrations and sudden twitches fill Yorke's dancing.
ClashMusic: Read an album review of 'Amok' by Atoms For Peace, the side project of Radiohead's Thom Yorke with Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Mauro Refosco and Joey Waronker.
ClashMusic: Read an album review of 'Amok' by Atoms For Peace, the side project of Radiohead's Thom Yorke with Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Mauro Refosco and Joey Waronker.
The first album by Thom Yorke's supergroup proves surprisingly funky and accessible, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
The first album by Thom Yorke's supergroup proves surprisingly funky and accessible, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Amok is a collection of agile, minimalist rock songs with a handful of interesting but ultimately superficial electronica flourishes.
Amok is a collection of agile, minimalist rock songs with a handful of interesting but ultimately superficial electronica flourishes.
<p>Thom Yorke and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers have formed a supergroup … but wait, it's not all bad news, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
<p>Thom Yorke and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers have formed a supergroup … but wait, it's not all bad news, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
Over the course of this nine track album by Thom Yorke’s latest side-project, Atoms For Peace, problems start to manifest, says Neil McCormick.
Over the course of this nine track album by Thom Yorke’s latest side-project, Atoms For Peace, problems start to manifest, says Neil McCormick.