Kitty Empire 

Atoms for Peace: Amok – review

The first album by Thom Yorke's supergroup proves surprisingly funky and accessible, writes Kitty Empire
  
  


Most listeners instinctively know where they stand on the subject of latter-day Radiohead; on the advisability of Flea, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, as a collaborator; on A-list drummers-for-hire like Joey Waronker (ex-Beck and REM; and of an Afrobeat-leaning supergroup in which all of the above feature, marching to the insectoid beats of their convenor, Thom Yorke. Actually, Yorke's second album away from Radiohead is surprisingly accessible for one so extensively jammed then spliced together by machines. The sound design is immaculate; the grooves palpable. It doesn't get much better, though, than the African mutations of Before Your Very Eyes and Stuck Together Pieces – the tracks which travel furthest from The King of Limbs

 

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