Hail to the Thief

Radiohead 2003 synchronized
alternative rock art rock electronic rock
Guitars and electronics in uneasy truce: Radiohead's angriest album, channeling War on Terror paranoia into sprawling art-rock.

Acoustic Profile

Density 6 Spatiality 6 Distortion 5 Tempo 5 Rhythm 6 Harmony 6

Production

Method: hybrid
Fidelity: polished
live-in-studio approachelectronic-rock hybridpolitical urgencyGodrich production

Vocal

Approach: sung
Lyrical Abstraction:
5/10

Mood & Theme

rage anxiety paranoia
Territory: political-surveillance, war-on-terror-dread, information-overload
Emotional Arc: angry-sprawl

Era & Context

2003: Iraq War, Bush era, surveillance state. Radiohead's most overtly political album, guitars and electronics in uneasy alliance.

Influences

Absorbed from

OK Computer — guitar-electronic tension Kid A — electronic textures

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