Blog: Consequence Of Sound

History will remember Phil Selway as the little engine that could. The ballots are in, and across the board, we can agree that this beloved baldy - the driving drummer behind so many of Radiohead's most kinetic, rhythmically perfect ballads - kind of sucks at being a soulful singer-songwriter. Nonetheless, it's pretty surprising that Selway decided to take the Elliott Smith route on Familial , even if it does sound hopelessly uncomplicated and not particularly original. Selway's mostly short, sweet, mellow guitar ballads work against him just as much as his reputation. Too [...]