Nobody looks to Radiohead now to make the masterpiece that will define our present moment. Thom Yorke is no longer the sort of artist who can seek out what’s ahead of us. There are newer, younger artists for that, as there should be. Yorke’s role now is to explore his own past, to dialogue with it, to reconnect with what was lost and how we were ch

As the Kid A sessions unfolded, the track was nudged in a jazzier direction, inspired by the band’s shared fascination with the iconic jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus.