A bold and brave leap forward; a gorgeous and invigorating album brimming with style and splendor. In the context of their catalog, it takes on a whole other layer of defiant beauty.
Farewell covers a lot of ground across the span of it's 26 songs and two-hour run time. Yet every moment is a reminder of why Minus the Bear were such an experiential live band.
"Not The Smile as in ha-ha-ha, more The Smile as in the guy who lies to you every day"... so speaks Thom Yorke on the inspiration behind the name of the new trio consisting of himself, his Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner of UK j