Is A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead's last album?

A Moon Shaped Pool could very well be Radiohead’s last album.

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Is A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead's Last album?

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[paulmarfil]

Would like to add as well a well-known fun fact:

A Moon Shaped Pool opened with "Stay" from Burn The Witch and ended with "Leave" from True Love Waits.

Depressingly poetic.

[iCantBelieveThat]

"A Moon Shaped Pool" was like an amalgamation of everything they've worked on. It felt very confident and seems like a fitting end to the band.

[someonesaccountforwritingn]

true love waits being radioheads "last song" would be absolutely poetic knowing the context and time of birth of that song

[highwind]

I got into Radiohead after King of Limbs came out, so I had to wait that five years for a new Radiohead masterpiece. And I was thankful that I was able to experience a moon shaped pool in 2016. The idea of it being the last Radiohead album makes me sad, but if it is, then what a perfect send off to a legendary catalogue of albums

[memetherapy]

As a die hard since 97, I was almost sure AMSP was their last after first listening to it. It felt like a final goodbye. I was quite sad back then, but with the release of The Smile album, I see at least Thom and Jonny still have a lot of inspiration and I am quite encouraged. Now I wouldn't be surprised we both got another The Smile album and another Radiohead album eventually. Either way, I am thankful to live in the same time as these fine artists. It's been a wonderful cathartic ride.

[jakeharrison]

I feel like The Smile is their way to overcome a creative block or something. It also doesn’t put a lot of responsibility to be innovative, they can just play whatever they feel like. Even Ed said, like you mentioned, that they’re on a new chapter, meaning they want to make a very different album. Just like it was with OK Computer – Kid A.

[johnshanley]

I wish I could accurately describe the swell of love in my heart that almost explodes when I truly and honestly think about what this band has done for me

[zezaa]

This album was one of the saddest things I've heard and at the same time, amusingly, comforting. It really got to me in a way that is hard to put into words, it is simply a masterpiece.

[peterszilagyi]

Actually, it is not that rare, that they keep songs in their drawer. For example, the core of Nude was already written in the 90s and it was released in 2007 on In Rainbows. And now on The Smile album they released Skrting on the surface which they performed first during the early 10s. Nowadays they are playing live a song called Bodies laughing, which is from the In rainbows sessions

[helterskelter]

A Moon Shaped Pool is my favourite Radiohead album personally maybe because I'm prone to melancholy. I got into Radiohead I would say in around 2019 where nearly Ill Wind just got released I would say. I've listened to all Radiohead albums and non intentionally in order which was somewhat coincidental but the point im trying to make is that perhaps A Moon Shaped Pool is the perfect conclusion to the discography of Radiohead.

It's somewhat right of Radiohead to use their old tracks like for example True Love Waits. This song has been waiting for it's right place (no pun intended) since it's debut. The song however never made sense until the era of A Moon Shaped Pool which strikes as a tragedy. To me it becomes really haunting and perhaps perfect.

I stated before in reddit "A moon shaped pool is probably my favourite Radiohead album because its so consistent and cold. I don't find Radioheads other albums depressing compared to this one. It has my favourite opener and I still remember hearing it for the first time (burn the witch). The album is so orchestral and cold. Even when its warm it just allows the atmosphere to be cold somehow. I can nearly taste winter with this album. I seriously love every song and the strings were a masterpiece here. Every song keeps you excited for the next one.

Whenever I listen to it I just imagine Thom walking around the city walking through people without staring hence the song glass eyes and daydreaming existence. Its like walking around somewhere you thought existed trying to find somewhere warm but you can't. It's like different stories into one album. Its like walking around without caring. Its like a beautiful walk around somewhere cold as I've actually experienced it.

If Radiohead ended with this being the final album I mean I seriously wouldn't mind as this is literally the perfect closure and ending. Its their old works all added to a new album. Its heartbreaking as what Thom went through. He lost his wife to cancer and songs like daydreaming and especially true love waits must've been hard to record. I really love the anticipation of true love waits for an actual place and especially a way to close the album. I personally love the true love waits (album version) more as it tells a different tale much more different than the live version. It was a song waiting for perfection and its time.

I'd honestly give this album a 10 and it definitely deserves it's S tier rank. This is definitely in my top 3 albums of all time and everytime I keep changing opinions but I truly believe ill stick with this being my favourite."

[crybirb]

It's funny that Radiohead is almost my life discography, first listening to them as a kid due to my brother liking them and later keeping listening to their albums as I grow older. Moon Shaped Pool felt so fitting in the moment I was living too. However I don't think it feels like a final goodbye to the band, I think there's at least one more that could pull that feeling, or that is just me lingering and not letting the band go. Still, Radiohead had such positive impact on me, feels like a very long time friend.

[sultangst]

Radiohead, the greatest band of all time.

[drktomy]

AMSP First word is stay, and the last one is leave

[robertmclaren]

There is this weird synchronicity between radiohead album releases and my big personal break ups:
In Rainbow was the end of an 11 month manic relationship
King of Limbs was the end of my next long term relationship 2.5 years. the longest I had had to that point
Moon Shaped Pool was the end of the most intense 4.5 year relationship. I played "true love waits" to my GF after she came home from an affair she had been having, I knew something was wrong, we tried to get past it for months, then Radiohead dropped MSP and I got chills when I saw the album ended with "true love waits". shortly after we broke up officially.

I am married now with 2 kids, so I kind of hope Radiohead might be done making records cause I'd rather not loss my family. ;)

The interesting thing about this synchronicity is despite this strange occurrence, I don't emotionally connect radiohead with only breakups. I was listening to In rainbows this morning for the first time in years and it wasn't just heart break and nostalgia, radiohead has this strange way of always sounding new or maybe timeless, the themes are so much bigger and obscure than "heart break" or dare I say "melancholy". Radiohead songs are kind of like tarot card readings or Rorschach paintings they are whatever the listener needs them to be. I think it is part of their magic.

[harizonflamingice]

As much as I should want Radiohead to come back with a new album, A Moon Shaped Pool feels like a perfect ending in many ways, so I can't blame them if they decide they don't need to make any more studio albums. Also, Spectre at this point might be one of my Top 10 Radiohead Songs.

[LuisTheG]

I don’t think it will be their last but I would be fine if it was. They already have such a flawless discography. 👌

[dubld]

One of my favorite albums of all time. I really need to see them live someday

[Laniccal]

If it is their last, it is perhaps a very bittersweet way to go out.
The band made their most emotional, cinematic album. That’s (imo) the best way to go out.

[ileanacontreras]

I remember the minute Radiohead dropped the single for Burn The Witch. The internet was going crazy. I wasn't a big Radiohead fan back then, not like I am now. But I could feel it become a monumental moment. I kept relistening to the track, to the point of obsurd. I was loving the album before it was released. And when it finally did.. MAN, I was hooked. Ever since then, I've been a bigger fan as the years go by and as much as I don't want to believe they will end it here.. if it did, I can't be mad. They have such an impressive discography... And if they're happy with the side projects, who am I to tell em otherwise?