Radiohead isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but Radiohead’s music definitely takes everyone somewhere, whether the listener likes where he’s heading or not. “Lotus Flower” is that kind of song, a ride that purports to be a smooth one but ends up rather bumpy when you see frontman Thom Yorke gyrating like an electrocuted human lotus flower.
Physical performance aside, the music is not short of electrifying in itself. A fast-paced slow song that has the potential to be the soundtrack to a heist film during a particularly calculated operational scene, “Lotus Flower” instantly plants a plethora of sounds from a techno-like, beeping undertone accompanying a steady drum beat, spots of a piano and some essences of low-key jazzy instrumentals. What the song lacks in strings Yorke makes up with his vocals, reaching a high pitch at the songs climax, but maintaining a consistently smooth quality along the electric minor chords.
