Thom must really be an amnesiac, because he must’ve forgotten that Radiohead already used these sounds for that album. Except instead of tugging from the corners of the fabric, he just yanks the middle and pulls it down on top of him. There’s something suffocating about the dizzy, fuzzy, swirling ambience of The Eraser, hinting that the rest of Radiohead’s members keep Thom from drowning in his own voice. He seems bored and uninspired; releasing frustration between ‘head albums.

The first and title track features bliptrip drums, fuzzball synth, and a piano that sounds like it’s top is closed. The second track reminds me of an updated “Teotihuacan” that Noel Gallagher wrote for the X-Files soundtrack. This is the theme of the album. 2006’s version of the late-90’s british trip-pop, but this time around, catches no one by surprise.

There are no particularly liberating or elevating moments in the solo experiment. If Massive Attack was black, Thom is off-black. Nigel Godrich does a good job of densifying the elements, but in doing so, prevents any moment from standing out. The weaker moments of Amnesiac are revamped, recycled, and stripped down. Static electricity doesn’t shock anyone.