Radiohead were never a political band. They were never engaged with real-world issues. They were never anti-establishment or anti-modernity. Their music only ever exploited people’s sense that something is deeply wrong with society, but it never provided any insight into it, let alone any principled opposition to the malaise of the 21st century. It was never deep. Their lyrics were always just nonsense.

And now they’re refusing to take a stand against Israeli apartheid, one of the least controversial causes in the world (outside of USA). They are rich conservatives hoping you never noticed how uncool they’ve always been, from their first pop hit to their major label string of radio hits and half-baked album filler, now raiding their vaults against the long slide into mediocrity.

Radiohead are dead to me and they’ve sucked for a long time anyway.