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"The Bends" is one of Radiohead's most frequently performed songs and has been described by New York as a fan favourite. [103] [104] It was the first song they performed from The Bends, [105] debuting live at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland, in May 1992, four months before they began recording Pablo Honey. [51]
The Bends combines guitar songs and ballads, with more restrained arrangements and cryptic lyrics than Radiohead's debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). Work began at RAK Studios, London, in February 1994. Tensions were high, with pressure from Parlophone to match sales of Radiohead's debut single, "Creep", and progress was slow.
The acoustic version of "Fake Plastic Trees" was used in the 1995 film Clueless and is credited for introducing Radiohead to a larger American audience. [18] In 2017, Pitchfork credited "Fake Plastic Trees" and another Bends song, "High and Dry", for influencing the "airbrushed" post-Britpop of Coldplay and Travis. [19]
Radiohead's first album, Pablo Honey (1993), preceded by their breakthrough single "Creep", [4] features a sound reminiscent of alternative rock bands such as the Pixies and Nirvana. [5] [6] The Bends (1995) marked a move toward "anthemic rock", [5] with more cryptic lyrics about social and global topics, and elements of Britpop.
Radiohead found touring stressful and took a break in January 1996. [7] They sought to move away from the introspective style of The Bends. The drummer, Philip Selway, said: "There was an awful lot of soul-searching [on The Bends]. To do that again on another album would be excruciatingly boring."
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on their second studio album, The Bends (1995). It was released as a single on 22 January 1996. Radiohead considered "Street Spirit" a breakthrough in their songwriting.
Radiohead took Yorke's electronic influences to their next albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), processing vocals, obscuring lyrics, and using electronic instruments such as synthesisers, drum machines and samplers. The albums divided listeners, but were commercially successful and later attracted acclaim.
"Just" was the first song Radiohead finished while working on their second album, The Bends (1995), at RAK Studios. [9] According to the guitarist Ed O'Brien, earlier versions were about seven minutes long. [8] Yorke said it was the most exciting thing Radiohead had recorded up to that point. [8]