Originally Posted by Surell

My problem with In Rainbows is it's poppy. You can't say KoL isn't daring and say In Rainbows is; it's just electro rock stuff, or slow jams, if i remember right. I could never make it all the way through i found it so uninteresting. I'll challenge myself with it again, but i stick to my guns. I've put my two cents in on OKC as well, soooo bleh.

The only reason you could potentially call KoL boring or undramatic is because it is, indeed, undramatic; but what's so bad about subtlety? If you listen closely (and this definitely is a headphones album), you can hear the beautiful, gradual transitions that can move you just as well as the dramatic abruptness of earlier songs (say, Young Blood or Paranoid Android or sumthin); that's why i mentioned that it doesn't demand your attention, but if you give it to the album, you will be impressed. In the sense that it takes a more subtle approach in song transformation and production, this is definitely a new direction for the band.

When i say experimental, just listen to how minimalist, cavernous, ambient, and trancelike the vocals and music are, and, as i mentioned, the production blends these elements (in loops, nature samples, and prominence), it's pretty trippy music.