{"product_id":"9781472129420-present-tense","title":"Present Tense","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Radiohead Compendium\u003cbr\u003eA Rock's Backpages anthology of Radiohead, the most radical and fascinating rock band in modern music history, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003ePresent Tense \u003c\/i\u003eis an anthology to savour . giving you as sharp a portrait of this unknowable band as you could hope for . Radiohead fans will love it' \u003ci\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Rock's Backpages anthology of Radiohead, the most radical and fascinating rock band in modern music history, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over 25 years, Radiohead have been the most radical and fascinating rock band in the world. Fearless in their desire to change and shape-shift, the Oxfordshire quintet has - through the nine studio albums from 1993's \u003ci\u003ePablo Honey\u003c\/i\u003e to 2016's \u003ci\u003eA Moon-Shaped Pool\u003c\/i\u003e - consistently stretched the boundaries of what 'rock' means and does. Anchored in Thom Yorke's soaring voice and elliptical lyrics, and in the compositional genius of guitarist\/keyboardist Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead continue to astonish as they approach their fourth decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePresent Tense\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best writing on this most literate of pop groups, from the earliest local reports about On A Friday - Radiohead's first moniker - through the inspired commentary of Mark Greif and Simon Reynolds to the trenchant profiles of Will Self, John Harris and others. It's an anthology that goes a long way towards explaining what Rock's Backpages editor Barney Hoskyns describes as the band's 'seriousness, emotional grandeur and willingness to stare humanity's dystopian hi-tech future in the face'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450674557302,"sku":"9781472129420","price":6.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34108403.jpg?v=1760453770","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472129420-present-tense","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}