History Is Over : Throughline – NPR

Posted: December 13, 2021 at 2:41 am

Thom Yorke, the singer of the British band Radiohead performs on the stage of the "Rock en Seine" music festival in 2006.

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Radiohead fans spent several days waiting in line for free tickets to a the band's 2003 show in New York City.

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Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead plays for fans at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on November 9, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia.

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As the end of the 20th century approached, Radiohead took to the recording studio to capture the sound of a society that felt like it was fraying at the edges. Many people had high hopes for the new millennium, but for others a low hum of anxiety lurked just beneath the surface as the world changed rapidly and fears of a Y2K meltdown loomed.

Amidst all the unease, the famed British band began recording their highly anticipated follow ups to their career-changing album OK Computer. Those two albums, Kid A and Amnesiac, released in 2000 and 2001, were entrancing and eerie they documented the struggle to redefine humanity, recalibrate, and get a grip on an uncertain world. In this episode, we travel back to the turn of the millennium with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood and the music of Kid A and Amnesiac.

Check out the full interview at NPR Music.

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