Wit & Attitude Quote by Casey Abrams

Casey Abrams is doing something quietly radical here: he’s refusing the default myth that great alt music has to hurt. Radiohead’s name still carries a cultural aftertaste of beautiful despair, so praising “Everything in Its Right Place” as “all major chords” and “really good” reads like a small corrective to the brand. He’s not chasing cool points through suffering; he’s treating the track as a tool, almost like a prescribed dose of sound.

The specificity matters. “Major chords” signals an almost musician-to-musician intimacy, but it’s also a little bait-and-switch: the song feels warm, yet it’s famously disorienting, with chopped vocal loops and that uncanny, hovering synth bed. Abrams is naming the paradox that makes the track work as comfort food. It’s soothing without being simplistic, optimistic without being corny. The “crazy textures” are the emotional hinge; they give your brain something to hold onto when your mood is slipping, a kind of tactile distraction that keeps sadness from becoming the only narrative.

There’s subtext in the repetition of “feel good.” He’s describing music not as identity (what you listen to says who you are) but as regulation (what you listen to changes how you are). In a post-streaming world of infinite choice, that’s a revealing confession: the song isn’t just admired, it’s relied upon. Abrams is pointing to why Radiohead endures beyond prestige - even at their most experimental, they can still function as refuge.