Roundhouse,London
The moment of the Oxford band’s three sold-out shows in the north London venue sees them start slow but build to a life-affirming closeFriday night in grimy Camden town; there are kazoo conventions less cacophonous. Yet pin-drop silence fills north London’s Roundhouse; a venue rammed with a few thousand fans tentatively absorbing Thom Yorke’s ghostly vocals which ascend during Daydreaming’s silent climax. Here lies a most respectful audience – including the likes of Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, and Chris Morris and Julian Barratt – enamoured with the prospect of sharing the same orbit as these celestial beings; phones barely held aloft,whispered conversations rarely had. The moment night of Radiohead’s relatively intimate return to the city is a complex, textured set which flits from moments of medicinal bliss to fractious ((adj.) troublesome or irritable) fury, and a sense of burgeoning chaos never fairly erupting but constantly adding to the delicious suspense. Related: Radiohead review Yorke and co hit new heights on a night of muscular mayhem Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com