“How to Disappear Completely” is another song off Kid A. Given that it constantly polls among the ten most depressing songs of all time, I don’t reach for it often (iTunes tells me six plays since 2004).
Weirdfish did a Shoegaze cover of it in a day that’s more drowning in a wall of sound rather than lying in a well of echoing loneliness like the original. It’s still sad, but has an added dimension of grandeur.
Weirdfish (who I think is one guy) has a newer version he spent more time on, but I prefer his first try here for it’s glorious wall of sound aesthetic.
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
