Thom Yorke has opened an immersive audiovisual installation titled Motion Picture House at the Agger Fish Building in Brooklyn, running through June 28, 2026.
As the installation draws crowds, podcast hosts are revisiting the artist's history. On Desert Island Discs, host Lauren Laverne reflected on his enduring influence, noting that along with his bandmates in Radiohead, he has “expanded ideas about what pop music can be and what it can do.”
Beyond the accolades, the conversation has turned to the physical realities of his career. Thom Yorke himself offered a candid look back at his early vocal struggles, admitting, “I had a lot of problems with my voice because I'd not really ever done it before, and because I was drinking myself senseless a lot of the time.” He credits a Harley Street doctor for teaching him the physics of singing, a stark contrast to the wilder stories involving collaborator Bjork.
With the Motion Picture House exhibition now serving as a focal point, fans are debating whether this pivot to multi-sensory installations represents a permanent shift away from traditional studio albums.
