One of the worst presents I ever got was a copy of Thom ‘with an H’ Yorke’s Anima. Released in June 2019, Anima was instantly hyped as a “masterpiece“, followed by an aggressive PR campaign involving Netflix streaming a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson where Thom Yorke plays the lead “in a …
The Record That Changed My Life: Thom Yorke on R.E.M.’s NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI (1996)
It may surprise one or the other reader, but I am not the most confident musician when it comes to my own lyrics. I don’t consider myself a genius there. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. is a genius. A master when it comes to conveying impressions. His lyrics are like a car ride along a street …