The new Radiohead album is out. It bears the title "A Moon Shaped Pool" and was once again accompanied by an online campaign, which is no longer a big surprise. At first the band's homepage gradually disintegrated until only a white area was visible, at the same time all entries disappeared from the band's social media accounts. Shortly afterwards the words "Burn The Witch" could be read on the page. A day later a mysterious video clip of a song of the same name and the announcement that something would happen next Sunday. Meanwhile it was clear even to the last one that it had to be the release of a new album, the completion of which Radiohead had already talked about on several occasions.
And indeed: At exactly 8 pm you could download "A Moon Shaped Pool" for a fee. In the social networks, however, people reacted increasingly annoyed to the transparent secrecy of the British. But unlike U2, who followed a questionable media campaign with "Songs Of Innocence" in 2014 with their weakest album to date, Radiohead have finally presented "A Moon Shaped Pool", an absolutely convincing work in which they rediscover the simple pop song despite still complex arrangements. A contradiction? Not with this band.
In principle, according to first reports, "A Moon Shaped Pool" is a separation album. Thom Yorke, whose relationship with Rachel Owen, the mother of his two children, had gone to pieces after 23 years, was processing his pain on the plate. And even if he does this in his own cryptic way, his words contain much more concrete information than in the last 20 years put together...
