Thom Yorke announced the name of his new band, “Atoms for Peace.” Impressive lineup, but nothing can touch what has already been done with Radiohead. People are now calling him a political activist. I have always thought of him along with the other members of Radiohead as more of a philosophically minded group.  Their music bleeds Sehnsucht in every note and some much more. Once you attach a political aim or focus to music, it immediately pigeon holes the band into one function and it limits the reach of the music. I understand the desire to work with other musicians and create new music, but if your starting point is Radiohead, where do you go from there?  Just because you can go solo/start a new band doesn’t mean you should. IE Bono better not follow suit!

Courtesy of Matt Wengerd. I don’t usually repost, but holy crap I just had to.