Though moments from the cassette appear on the minidiscs, nothing on the minidiscs matches the highlights of the cassette, save a studio recording of ‘Lift’ (disc 15, 9:46), which I will elaborate on later. It includes acoustic recordings of previously unreleased songs (‘Attention’ and ‘Are You Someone’) demos of various OK Computer tracks along with an instrumental of ‘True Love Waits’, refashioned into ‘Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors’, but most importantly, fantastic studio recordings of alternate versions of ‘Nude’ and ‘Motion Picture Soundtrack’, years before they were released. Let me preface this review by stating if you haven’t listened to the OKNOTOK cassette tape – do so. As most casual fans of Radiohead don’t have 18 hours to spare, I listened to all the minidiscs, and can save approximately 16 hours of your life through this review, as I point out the highlights of what is, to be honest, an incredibly tedious mess. Released officially on Bandcamp on June 11, Radiohead dropped the entire collection of minidiscs (minus copyrighted samples), with profits going to Extinction Rebellion. To immerse one’s self in the various recordings of one of the 21 st century’s greatest bands is to go down the rabbit hole.
Online Music Editor Stephen Ong reviews 18 hours of Radiohead demos.įor a band that spent so much time carefully structuring their public image, the leak of almost 18 hours of archived content from the OK Computer era was nothing short of a revelation.
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