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There’s the paranoia-tinged ' The National Anthem' room full of televisions and a telephone box that screams Thom Yorke’s distorted vocals at you, the towering pillar of a room with the desolate, raw cut of ' Kid A' soundtracking it, the shifting room of concept art built around ' In Limbo'.

Every area is inspired by and/or soundtracked to a song from the band. Initially we had some misgivings about the game, being as it is essentially advertising – QR codes spread throughout the museum somewhat crassly lead to Radiohead merch – but it delivers above and beyond what you’d expect or even want from a free-of-charge tie-in for a reissue. And from there, it’s a deep dive into two seminal albums, with the various hallways and paths populated by interactive exhibits based on classic songs from the two records, their B-sides and the bonus tracks and deeper cuts from the Kid A Mnesia bonus disc. Following a red light, you’ll find your way into a Radiohead museum of sorts, as the somehow comforting electronic tones of ' Everything in its Right Place' begin to serenade you. Taking the form of the expected walking simulator, you’re dropped into a sketchy, scratchy white forest.

And with this comes Kid A Mnesia: Exhibition, an exploration of art, music, and mood as produced for and evoked by what are arguably Radiohead’s two most polarising pieces. With the recent Kid A Mnesia reissue combining both albums into a long player, they’re now officially as inextricable as they already were in the minds of many fans. With the benefit of hindsight they are simply part of the natural progression in sound from The Bends to the beloved OK Computer, doubling down on that album’s themes of alienation and pressure. It’s almost quaint to think that Radiohead’s Kid A and Amnesiac albums were considered such esoteric, difficult listening twenty years ago.

Kid a mnesia exhibition