FeelingPulledApartByHorses / TheHollowEarth explained

FeelingPulledApartByHorses" / "TheHollowEarth
Cover:Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses - The Hollow Earth.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Thom Yorke
A-Side:"FeelingPulledApartByHorses", "TheHollowEarth"
Released:21 September 2009
Recorded:August 2009
Genre:Electronic
Label:Xurbia Xendless, XL Recordings
Producer:Nigel Godrich
Prev Title:Analyse
Prev Year:2006
Title2:TheHollowEarth
Next Title:Ego / Mirror
Next Year:2011

"FeelingPulledApartByHorses" and "TheHollowEarth" are songs by Thom Yorke, produced by Nigel Godrich. They were released as a limited double A-side vinyl in September 2009, and as a download on 6 October 2009.

Yorke's band Radiohead first performed "FeelingPulledApartByHorses" in 2001. Yorke later performed it solo, and with his bands Atoms for Peace and the Smile. "TheHollowEarth" came from the recording sessions for Yorke's album The Eraser (2006).

Writing and recording

Yorke's band Radiohead performed an early version of "FeelingPulledApartByHorses", then titled "Reckoner", in 2001. Yorke likened it to heavy metal.[1] Pitchfork described it as a "droning rocker",[2] and Rolling Stone said it featured "one of the loudest and most sinister riffs in Radiohead's catalog".[3] In 2005, Yorke performed the song on acoustic guitar at a Trade Justice Movement show.[4]

Working on the song for their 2007 album In Rainbows, Radiohead added a coda that developed into a different song with the original title, "Reckoner".[5] Afterwards, Yorke and the Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood reworked the original song.[6] They omitted the chorus and added bass guitar, "glitchy" drums, "disembodied" vocals, and an extended synthesiser coda. Rolling Stone described it as "more subdued and textural", in the style of Yorke's 2006 album The Eraser. Yorke described "TheHollowEarth" as a "bass menace" that came from the recording sessions for The Eraser.

Release

The songs were released as a double A-side 12-inch single on 21 September 2009 and as a download on 6 October 2009. The vinyl was limited to 8000 copies worldwide.[7] Pitchfork gave "FeelingPulledApartByHorses" a positive review, writing: "Quartering, in medieval times, meant being pulled apart by horses; Yorke's skillful production here re-imagines that punishment as a disorienting pleasure."

Live performances

In 2009, Yorke formed a new band, Atoms for Peace, to perform his solo material.[8] They performed "FeelingPulledApartByHorses" on their 2013 tour.[9] Yorke and Greenwood performed "FeelingPulledApartByHorses" with their band the Smile on their 2022 tour.[10] A performance was included on the 2023 Smile EP Europe: Live Recordings 2022.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. McLean . Craig . January 2002 . Radiohead . The Face.
  2. Web site: Hogan. Marc. 25 September 2009. "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses" by Thom Yorke Review. 23 November 2017. Pitchfork. en.
  3. Kreps . Daniel . 21 September 2009 . New Thom Yorke single 'Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses' released . 23 November 2017 . Rolling Stone.
  4. 12 October 2011 . Readers’ Poll: The 10 Best Radiohead Songs . 16 August 2016 . Rolling Stone.
  5. Web site: Ed O'Brien & Thom Yorke at BBC 6Music. 23 November 2007. 19 November 2007. BBC 6 Music. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071230161406/http://www.ateaseweb.com/2007/11/19/ed-obrien-thom-yorke-at-bbc-6music/. 30 December 2007.
  6. 3 September 2009 . Radiohead's Thom Yorke confirms new single release . . 3 September 2009.
  7. Web site: Thom Yorke – Feelingpulledapartbyhorses . 16 August 2016 . Discogs.
  8. Web site: Lea . Tom . 28 January 2013 . A new career in a new town: Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich open Pandora's box and run amok as Atoms for Peace . 2015-05-02 . Fact.
  9. Gentile . John . 2013-09-25 . Thom Yorke introduces himself as Jay Z . 2023-03-11 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Golsen . Tyler . 2022-05-19 . The Smile premiere new song 'Friend of a Friend' live . 2022-05-25 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: Murrary . Robin . 2023-01-30 . The Smile announce Europe: Live Recordings 2022 EP . 2023-01-30 . . en-GB.