Judge, Jury and Executioner

Atoms for Peace first performed "Judge, Jury and Executioner" on their US tour in October 2009 and April 2010.^[2] It was released as a download on 7 January 2013, after its broadcast on BBC Radio 1.^[3] Fans who pre-ordered the album could download the song free. A music video by Tarik Barri was released simultaneously.^[1] The limited vinyl version of the single, with an accompanying b-side "S.A.D." was released on March 19, 2013.^[1] A live video of the song, recorded at Fuji Rock Festival, was released on the Atoms for Peace website.^[4]

The song shares its name with the subtitle of a Radiohead song, "Myxomatosis", released on the 2003 album Hail to the Thief. Yorke said this was accidental, and that he had forgotten he had used the phrase before.^[5]

"Judge, Jury and Executioner" received positive reviews and was likened to Yorke's other work. Will Hermes of Rolling Stone gave it 3.5 stars out of 5, praising "Yorke's swarming choral-style" and Flea's basslines, which he described as "a morph between Flea's instrument and Yorke's humming".^[6] Daniel Kreps of Spin depicted the earlier version of the song as "a dark, aggressive centerpiece among the post-Eraser material", whereas the final version was "mellower and more harmonious".^[2] Kia Makarechi of The Huffington Post wrote that the song, like Atoms for Peace, is "a sonic extension of Radiohead".^[7] David Greenwald of Billboard described the song as "a blend of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, with Yorke's voice floating over wordless background vocals and insistent percussion".^[8]