If you like Radiohead
For the In Rainbows and OK Computer heads: bands that make sadness sound beautiful, from the 90s and from right now.
8 picks, none of them the obvious ones. Tell us what you think of each.
Start with: When the Sun Hits
A wall of guitar that feels like being swept out to sea. A whole new generation found this 1993 song, and it still sounds unreal.
Start with: Roads
Trip-hop at its most heartbroken. Strings, a slow beat and Beth Gibbons sounding like the loneliest person in the world.
Start with: Hoppípolla
Huge, joyful and sung in a language that is partly made up. For the moments when Radiohead makes you feel small in a good way.
Not sure where to start?
Start with: Lover, You Should've Come Over
A voice that Thom Yorke openly admired, and you can hear why. Grace is the record behind a lot of 90s guitar music.
Start with: Basketball Shoes
A London band that writes long, twisting songs that build to an emotional collapse. Brilliant if you love Radiohead at its most dramatic.
Start with: Inside Out
Fuzzy, slow, lo-fi space rock from the 90s that blew up again online. Sounds like a dusty cassette left in the sun.
Start with: Made to Stray
Electronic music with a broken, human heart. For fans of Kid A and the moments where Radiohead swapped guitars for machines.
Start with: Between the Bars
Hushed, double-tracked vocals and an acoustic guitar. The quietest song here and maybe the saddest.