These's were my initial impressions after listening to the album for the first time:
4. It's Kid A if Kid A wasn't evil
2. is what The Eraser would have been had Johnny Greenwood been on it
3. It's a Punk album?
9. It's coloured pink and green
8. It's 2001 a Space Odyssey: The Musical
5. Very danceable and groovy
10. It's tropical and warm/cool and reminds me of Hawaii
1. is like an amalgam of OK Computer + Amnesiac + HTTT but completely different
7. Faust Arp is a cover of Strawberry Fields
6. They're no longer trapped in a computer, but stuck in a black hole.
And these were my impressions after I'd had time to digest it fully and listen to it in a variety of settings:
1. it's not dark at all... "In Rainbows" is very appropriate - it's not warm like, say house music is, but there's no demons attached to it. It's almost like the robot-aliens who replaced the band members after Pablo Honey finally learned how to be human.
2. No one instrument is more important than the other - it's aural democracy. All the instruments (including Thom's voice) work together organically and harmoniously. Speaking of Thom's voice I think as far as the "technical skill" of singing goes it's his best effort to date (although lyrically it's the worst since The Bends). If one other instrument really shines though it's Phil's drumming - awesome pocket drumming, really unexpected rhythms and beats and very clear.
3. The tempo is great - it's so upbeat - if they learned how to jam better it's going to make a superb concert.
4. It's a lot like The Eraser in that it gets better every time I listen to it. I'm hoping that once December rolls around and the other 8 songs come out that I'm so stuck on it that's it'll create an audio orgasm.
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