Recorded at New York City's Tramps just three months after the release
of their second album, The Bends, this exclusive concert sees Radiohead
beginning to push the sonic envelope. Still two years prior to the
group's international breakthrough OK Computer, the performance captures
a more straighforward Radiohead, the very moment the band was beginning
to not only break ground in America, but singer and songwriter Thom
Yorke was finding the more cryptic and expressive voice that would
become the hallmark of the bands later releases. As such, this
high-quality recording is a demonstration of Radiohead at their full
rock & roll powers.
Over the course of this performance,
Radiohead leans heavily on songs from The Bends, performing the album
nearly in its entirety, including all five singles, with five additional
numbers, all from the band's debut album Pablo Honey (including
"Creep"). Despite the emotional weight of the material, the band often
find high and exalted moments, typified by the final encore performance
of "Street Spirit." Here Yorke ruminates about his own feelings of
insignificance over Jonny Greenwood's ringing guitar arpeggios, bringing
the performance to an ecstatic close with the final lyric, "...immerse
your soul in love."
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