King of Limbs is cool for executing on what it set out to be...disconnected, messy, and rather uncomfortable. Like, from the get-go, Bloom is a good song, yet not very satisfying because it just feels wrong. Codex also just sounds...dreary. Dark. But also morbid. I like the album, but I also don't really like it, if that makes sense.
Hail to the Thief is still their weakest record. It's overlong and bloated, with no identity. There There is a fucking jam though. But Pablo Honey, as weak as it is, has more payoff than HTTT.
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