New Radiohead album coming in the next few days! YAY!

[DGMacphee]

Listened to the single 'There There' -- sounds damn cool.

Edit: Just listened to Sail to the Moon -- very beautiful -- I'm definately buying it!

[Adamski]

Been itching to get hold of this for ages. Me and my friends managed to grab some advance tickets to see them in Nottingham in August... apparently they sold out in 15 minutes.
There There =  :o

[Adamski]

Speaking of great bands Deegee, have you heard the new Elbow track yet? It's officially great.

[DGMacphee]

Ooo - I've heard about the new album but haven't heard anything from it!

What's the name of the track?

[Adamski]

The track is called Ribcage... they're not releasing it on single, they're just selling it for download on their site (http://www.elbow.co.uk)

[remixor]

I'm really looking forward to Radiohead's newest.  I haven't heard a single second of any of the tracks (even whatever was released as a single), so hopefully hearing it all at once on release day will be great.

[Ali]

I was half asleep and I though I heard something on the TV.

Are Liberty X covering a Radiohead track?

Please tell me it was a dream.

[Nellie]

Liberty X were on a program called 'Re:Covered', where bands do cover versions of songs that they like - they did a Radiohead song.

But it was just for that program, so you'll never ever hear it again.  Ever.  Ever.

We hope.

[Adamski]

Currently listening to them live on Jools Holland. With this and the tracks from the album i've heard on the radio, it seems like their best work yet. One of the tracks appears to end with the most amazingly glitched out guitar solo ever... it officially wins!

[Adamski]

Right on, so i've been listening to this album obsessivly since wednesday. It's downright bloody amazing. Even though Kid A and Amnesiac were perfect albums in their own right, I think this is just a little bit better as it combines the 'Kid Amnesiac' sessions sound with that of OK Computer and The Bends. Sort of a midway point if you will. There isn't a single duff track on the album, but my personal favourites are Sail To The Moon, We Suck Young Blood, There There and Wolf At The Door (it's an ace closing track, but not quite as ace as Life In A Glass House). Thom's lyrics pack the same emotional punch as they always do... the only person that captures the mood of the words and paints them so beautifully on to musical canvas better than him is Guy Garvey from Elbow. The mood of the album is a perfect reflection of the mood of the world in general.
Blah, anyway, BUY THIS ALBUM NOW! IT ARES WIN0R!

[DGMacphee]

Some many things I want to buy this month.

Spirited Away was also released on DVD.

But first, I have to buy Nae a birthday present.

After all, what kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't get her anything?

[DGMacphee]

Okay, bought HTTT before I bought Nae's pres, but it was worth it.

Stalkey, you're right -- this is a must buy.

Loved Yorke as usual, and especially love O'Brien and Johnny Greenwood when they work their charms.

Favourite tracks: 2+2=5 (Good opener, though not as good as Airbag), Sail to the Moon (Very beautiful and mysterious, like How To Disappear Completely or Pyramid Song), Backdrifts (good beats, like Idioteque), Where I End and You Begin (Has a very Stone Roses-inspired sound, only darker), There There (Obviously), and Wolf at the Door (Stalkey, you're right -- good closer, though I lean towards to The Tourist as a perfect close for an album).

Also, I dig a lot of the subtle Bush/Iraq political references in the album -- Like the title 'Hail to the Thief' (Obviously a reference to George W. Bush at the presidential election) or songs like 2+2=5 (Possible reference to election results) and Sit Down Stand up (The line "We can wipe you out anytime') as examples (There are plenty more).

OK Computer is my fav Radiohead album (in fact one of my favourites period), and HTTT rates just half a notch lower.

Great album, not the greatest, but challenging and emotive nevertheless.

However, I'm guessing their next album will be their biggie (diverting from OK Computer but succeeding twice as much at the same time)

I also guess their next album will establish a new genre and place them, without a doubt, amidst rock-god legends like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors, etc

In other words, the album they will be remembered for when decades pass.

However, I have nothing to base that upon except a hunch.

[Adamski]

I think your hunch is going to be very, very accurate.

[DGMacphee]

Aye -- although OK Computer is my fav, I'm sick of people who want Radiohead to go back to OK Computer or The Bends territory.

I want them to make an album that blows them away.

And that's where my hunch comes in -- their lucky number 7th album will be the one

However, (to quote Yorke) I might be wrong.  

[undergroundling]

I agree that this new album is terrific, and of course, there's no point in comparing anything to OK Computer because there never will be another OK Computer and hardly an album in the world can even begin to compare to it.

But in response to DGMacPhee:

their lucky number 7th album will be the one

Thom Yorke recently said this may be their last LP ( :'(*sniff*)  I guess he wants to focus on shorter length EPs because making a thematic statement for a whole LP is hard work or something along those lines.  Wish I could remember where I saw the article.  Hopefully, he's full of shit.

- Bryan

[DGMacphee]

But in response to DGMacPhee:

their lucky number 7th album will be the one

Thom Yorke recently said this may be their last LP ( :'(*sniff*)  I guess he wants to focus on shorter length EPs because making a thematic statement for a whole LP is hard work or something along those lines.  Wish I could remember where I saw the article.  Hopefully, he's full of shit.

- Bryan

He is full of shit.

He does this so often.

He told fans after Kid A that the band were going back to OK Computer's style.

Then they released Amnesiac, which was a great album but nothing at all like OK Computer.

But that's part of the band's charm -- they continually surprise.

[plasticman]

Also, I dig a lot of the subtle Bush/Iraq political references in the album -- Like the title 'Hail to the Thief' (Obviously a reference to George W. Bush at the presidential election) or songs like 2+2=5 (Possible reference to election results) and Sit Down Stand up (The line "We can wipe you out anytime') as examples (There are plenty more).

i might be wrong, but i think they named the album in reference to some anonymous guy who stole their early unfinished tapes for their new album a while ago. it seemed to piss them off a lot, which is understandable.

and 2+2=5 reminded me of 1984, but it's probably a coincidence.

the album itself is great of course, i don't really have comments right now.

[undergroundling]

He did say they were going back to OK Computer's style, but Amnesiac wasn't truly a new record, more like outtakes from the Kid A sessions.  The next completly new and orginal material was HTTT, which does seem to veer back into OK Computer-esque territory.

But, yeah, he probably is full of shit.

At least, we can hope so.

On the plus side, tickets for the Radiohead show in Massachusetts go on sale Saturday and I am totally getting them

- Bryan

[Adamski]

The fact that the 'outtakes' has some of the best Radiohead material they've ever produced (Pyramid Song, Like Spinning Plates) is a testament to how great they really are.

And speaking of live shows, we got the first five advance tickets to see them in Nottingham. Woo!

[miguel]

Big fan of Radiohead myself, I got 5 or 6 songs from the new album from imesh, altough their cool I think the best Radiohead albums were Pablo Honey and The Bends,
anyway my favorite band at the moment is Kings of Leon, pretty cool stuff