It is techno-ennui. It is the Mope in the Machine. Yes, this Kid A is one miserable, robotic bastard and its digital voice sings to you. Music grows slowly in the cold. Like an advancing glacier, the band's sound is a surreal force of nature, pregnant with alien atmosphere.
Music also grows melancholy in the cold.
It's all muffled magic. Every shake gives them a new way of looking at their approach to impossibly high-wired rock 'n' roll. On the Bad One is personal with politics. Seldom do you find music that compels your brain cells and your groove thing. The British duo also stole the show from labelmates Apoptygma Berzerk during their fall tour.