People called them Punk Floyd with their release of Ok Computer. A whining twist of chords jammed down squeaky melodies. But Radiohead is much more now with their new release Kid A.

After four years of touring and creating new styles, Radiohead have done something they could have only dreamt of during their Creep phase. Electronics. The technology was always there, but this is the first time Radiohead decided to pick them up and put them into play. What brought them to this no one knows. Maybe they were in Japan, the most technological based countries in the world and Radiohead's greatest fan base, a bit too long. Whatever the reason, it was something great.

Kid A starts off where Ok Computer couldn't finish. Ok Computer had us going in circles with the jabbering lyrics that made Thom Yorke supreme in the vocalist genre. Now that anger comes out in a clever way, with Kid A. They pushed forward with their album Ok Computer and now they have done it again with Kid A. Just as good as a twisted Tim Burton film. Where we go through a sort of fantasyland of music that is genuinely crafted to fit our newest surroundings.

The album starts off sounding as if Thom's voice has gone through a horrible processor that chops up his voice and gets stuck. It has a really pleasant keyboard riff that fills up the song immediately, leaving out the bass and drums. You know you are in for a special treat from here. But this is just like any other intro song and it ends all the same. The next song is where your fantasies come true. Kid A is just what the album intends to be. Sounds like a playful song that might be used in a nursery. That is if your kid was developed in a lab. Thom's voice once again in another processor that only little robotic children may understand.

It ends with us still a little baffled and that is when they hit us with the full rock on Radiohead. National Anthem might have been created for a Pandora country in the not so distant future. With the first lines chanting "Everyone around here, everyone's so near" is something a totalitarian society out of Orwell or even Huxley's novel would be saying. The sarcasm in his voice just adds to it.

Just like Pink Floyd's 'Meddle' influenced them on Ok Computer, you can tell there were some influences here. Possibly jazz from Charlie Parker or others, to create the outro on National Anthem. The Ahpex Twins or Brian Eno helps to create the ambience in Treefingers. Just like any band, people too influence them. The huge difference comes with how they are promoting this new album. Where there are no commercials, videos, or singles to promote the album. In replace of them will be iblips created to match this new style of theirs. I doubt good old Charlie had iblips to help him out.

Perhaps we should call them the Radio Twins. Since the fact is people give them so much credit for promoting music that has been around for a long time. They are like a lot of bands and they can still mature. What they make next will be something they will have to equip to.

Jorge