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8.2
69872
8.2 |
Paste Magazine
Claustrophobic, eerie, curious, playful. And as always, really fucking beautiful
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8.0
69919
8.0 |
musicOMH
Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is probably the least immediate album Yorke has been involved with to date. Like Kid A before it, it may turn out to be one of his most enduring
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8.0
69849
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Yorke might be afraid of losing human contact, like the rest of us. But in these songs, he's not giving up without a fight
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8.0
69851
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s a low key work of low key charm
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8.0
69764
8.0 |
DIY
Beyond the chat, hoo-hah, ifs and buts is a record that cements Yorke’s continued progression as a songwriter, even if he’s relying on familiarity this time round
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Yorke takes his electronic artistry to another level of intricacy. It’s mainly for purists, but in its lugubrious way, it's rather lovely
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8.0
69865
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Successfully pulls off a transitional balancing act that maintains the trademark elements of a Thom Yorke release while injecting subtle moments of fresh invention that hint at new sounds to come
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7.5
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7.5 |
The 405
It's not a radical upheaval and it's nothing especially new - at least as far as Yorke's output is concerned - but then it doesn't have to be; he's been pioneering an often-unique sound for so long now that I'm just happy to have some other songs to listen to
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Across repeat plays, the album’s charms begin to unfurl
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Yorke’s meditations on the modern make Boxes thoroughly listenable but uneven
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7.0
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7.0 |
Exclaim
Undeniably enjoyable, acting like a 2014 version of The Eraser and adding some new Thom Yorke material to your music collection never hurts
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
Aside from smashing technological barriers, Yorke proves on this album that he’s still capable of a beautiful monotony that, at points, shares DNA with beloved Radiohead classics
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7.0
70524
7.0 |
Fact
The result is a curious mix: a subtle and often beautiful record about not very much at all
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7.0
70838
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
It’s impossible not to feel that Yorke’s vibrant uncertainty remains resonant even as his “star” fades
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
Flashes of brilliance aside, the result sounds an awful lot like something Yorke dashed off to pass the time before delving into the new Radiohead album
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Prompts the same nagging frustration that accompanied Thom Yorke’s previous side projects. Yorke the composer is always on full display, while Yorke the singer is restrained, neutered, sidelined
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6.3
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6.3 |
Pitchfork
As Yorke’s least satisfying work to date, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes can’t help but build anticipation for whatever Radiohead plans to do next—his need for a creative foil has never been more apparent
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6.2
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6.2 |
Earbuddy
Like a true experiment, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes sounds exploratory in nature, but I’m not convinced these results were ever meant to leave the laboratory
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Stripped of the full-band textures of Radiohead’s last album The King of Limbs and reining in the melodic flourishes that made his 2006 debut solo album The Eraser among his most accessible releases this century, much of Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes sounds distinctly unambitious
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6.0
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6.0 |
Beardfood
It truly is an experiment
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
The sad fact appears to be that one of the greatest melodicists of his generation has given up on writing enduring melodies. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
What was once uncharted territory has become a comfort zone. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
There’s little in the way of surprises: it’s all murmured vocals, glitchy electronic touches, subdued beats
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Quietus
As ever with Yorke's solo work, it's at its best when the loveable tyke is going with the flow instead of deliberately trying to sabotage his own ear for melody, or trying to bugger up a voice that should just make peace with the fact it's quite pretty
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5.8
69942
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Yorke chose a modest delivery method for a modest album, hinting that the real goods have yet to come
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5.5
69938
5.5 |
Crack
The impetuous to invent something new remains, and seeing Yorke explore his electronic impulses has been a pleasure. But in this case a sedate Yorke rather than a Thom Yorke with the fire that characterises much of his rhetoric isn’t what anyone needed
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5.0
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5.0 |
Under The Radar
A lighthouse on the horizon insofar as it may be a signal this is all Yorke wants to do now, or his next album with Radiohead will be something new entirely
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