“The meaning behind all of this is right in front of our faces, we’re just overlooking it”: Just what was the Radiohead Binary Code theory - and was there any truth in it?

Radiohead.

With a band as conceptually deep as Radiohead, it’s unsurprising that a number of esoteric theories have emerged from fans forging connections between songs, albums and themes from across the band’s career.

The grandaddy of all these quests for hidden meanings, is undoubtedly the ‘Binary Code’ theory.