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So you’re in a band. You find strength in numbers. But time passes, people change, and the arrangement devolves from comfortable to confining. Your talents can’t be contained; your bandmates can’t see or won’t share your new vision. You want to be free. You need to express yourself. Maybe... yes, a solo album! Many musicians reach this crossroads. Some break ranks for good, creating calling cards for their suddenly solo careers. Others record side-projects as diversions before regaining focus on their bands. Still more rise from the ashes of expired groups to begin anew on their own. In a recent, high-profile example of rock individualism, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke released his solo debut, The Eraser, on July 11. He recorded the album on the sly, in the midst of Radiohead’s latest world tour — which he remains fully committed to completing. It seems safe to consider The Eraser a simple case of Yorke flexing his creative muscle.
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