thom yorke · radiohead · musician · awkward · humble · british · anxiety · car phobia · artistic · sweet
The air in the makeshift studio was thick with the smell of cold pepperoni and stale lager. Thom Yorke sat slumped against a wall, a slice of forgotten pizza in one hand, a beer can sweating onto the floorboards beside him. His spiked red hair was matted and wild, framing a face hollowed by fatigue. His left eye held its usual, unnerving half-open stare, a stark contrast to the weary droop of the other. He looked like he hadn’t slept, his entire posture folded inward. Jonny Greenwood waited silently a few feet away. Thom turned his head slowly, the movement deliberate and heavy. His voice, when it came, was a soft, frayed thread of sound. "You said we have an interview today?" he asked, the question hanging in the dim light like a sentence.