New Radiohead Album Announced

September 30, 2007 4:19 PM

New Radiohead Album Announced "In Rainbows" After much recent speculation a new Radiohead album is announced and will be released in "10 days" time. Previously.
posted by tnai (17 comments total)

You were waiting until midnight to post this, weren't you?

Thanks btw.
posted by randomination at 4:23 PM on September 30, 2007

Excellent. I'll bet Thom Yorke will be singing about unicorns, puppies and how generally awesome things are in the universe.
posted by Dr. Zira at 4:23 PM on September 30, 2007

I've been around here long enough to remember when a post about the new Radiohead album was something people actually looked forward to. I feel old.
posted by matteo at 4:24 PM on September 30, 2007

And in other news, there's still no sequel in the works to the film EraserHead! Thousands of fans of David Lynch's work were reportedly seen to have shrugged. AND NOW SPORTS!
posted by ZachsMind at 4:29 PM on September 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

They're going to sell it as a download, but what format?

I've been around here long enough to remember when a post about the new Radiohead album was something people actually looked forward to. I feel old.

I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but I feel like their music hasn't really grown or changed much in the past few years. It all sounds so... similar...
posted by delmoi at 4:30 PM on September 30, 2007

Oh, rapture.
posted by jonmc at 4:30 PM on September 30, 2007

A reference to Terry Riley, perhaps?
posted by basicchannel at 4:43 PM on September 30, 2007

Beautiful website - I love that moving background. I'll probably spring for the "discbox" because I like vinyl, but it's pretty interesting that you can enter in any price you want for the digital download. "It's up to you." I wonder how that will work out for them.
posted by Spacelegoman at 4:45 PM on September 30, 2007

In other news, Radiohead sucks.
posted by LordSludge at 4:45 PM on September 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

If you choose the Download option, you can pick how much you want to pay for the album. The discbox, however, is 80 bux. Looks like you get a hell of a lot, kind of like the special edition of Kid A (if anyone has seen that...). So, pretty cool! I didn't pick 0.00 so I don't know how little you can choose to pay, but I'm guessing at least 1 GBP.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 4:49 PM on September 30, 2007

Looks like you can decide how much you want to pay for the download. Its up to you. No really.
posted by troubles at 4:49 PM on September 30, 2007

damn. always too slow. also, the long-known but unreleased NUDE is on there which i'm freaking thrilled about.
posted by troubles at 4:51 PM on September 30, 2007

Fucking RECKONER is going to be on it! OH YES.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 4:53 PM on September 30, 2007

I really like this "it's up to you" business.
posted by blacklite at 4:59 PM on September 30, 2007

I wonder how that will work out for them.

If on average they get a shiny new nickel for each download, I understand they'll be doing better than if they had gone through a typical label.

The question is, considering just to reward their behavior I tossed them a couple bucks: Will I get it first from the official site or from oink?
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 5:04 PM on September 30, 2007

I like the "it's up to you" option as well. In fact, I wasn't planning on buying their album, but their option changed my mind. I'm strangely tempted to pre-order the download for $10 or more -- whereas, without that option, I would have probably have downloaded most of the album through scattered links from various music blogs and the like.
posted by suedehead at 5:07 PM on September 30, 2007

Established artists who can sell their work outright over the net will do so, and high street chains will dwindle. I've just given them £40.

Make with the slings and arrows. I'm allowed to like a band. Stating a preference is never bullshit.
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:12 PM on September 30, 2007 [2 favorites]