so, we all know Radiohead is touring the UK right now, and there are tons of recordings of their new material floating around the internet.

Personally, I'm THRILLED that they resurrected "Nude", it sounds fantastic. "Videotape" is my other fave...

It seems to sound alot like "Kid A"/"Amnesiac"-era material to me....


What do ya'll Radiohead fans think of it so far, if you've heard the new stuff?

are u referring to their floating live material?

or their studio.. cause far as i know, no studio is leaked.. due to the fact that most of it hasn't been fully recorded.

expect that cd in '07

i think he's talking about the live material since i've seen
that on a few websites as well. i listened to videotape and,
altho it reminds me of about 7 amnesiac/kid a era tracks, it
just stole my heart right away.

IstenSzek said:

Well, they said that the new album was in a direction simular to the path of that album.


Arpeggi is unfreakinbelievable.

my fav at this moment is "go slowly"



and yes, Arpeggi is really something
else. great tune. took me a while to
'get' it but now i love it.

they are gonna take their time with this album.. and for good reason.

at least we got this cool little solo album by thom comin out in a month er so..


I can't wait.

Sdldawn said:

Yeah, the live material. It sounds REALLY STRONG....

I haven't heard any of this stuff

endorphin74 said:

Don't worry.. I've heard it but only once or twice.. im not gonna get my mind set on their live sound.. they usually do a 180 degree turn in the studio.. in a good way.

Sdldawn said:

Most of the HTTT live stuff that was floating around prior to that album sounded pretty much like it did when the studio versions were released... same w/ Kid A and Amnesiac, as I recall.

But yeah, I wouldn't worry too much about missing out on the live stuff that's out there as of now. The sound quality on alot of it is pretty sucky.

There is one version of Nude that is pristine, I'm not sure where it came from, but it almost sounds like a soundboard. I wonder if that entire show is floating around in that same quality...

Did you all like 2003's Hail To The Thief?

I was just talking with someone today who saw them 3 summers ago in Vancouver. Yet most people I talk to never bring up this album.

CinisterCee said:

i really love it. have done so from the start and although it's not quite
as special to me as kid a or amnesiac i can't get enough of it.

the songs are all very good and i don't skip any songs on the disc. still
one of my fav radiohead moments is the part in "where i end and you begin"
when Thom screams "x will mark the place, like the parting of the waves,
like a house falling in the sea" and the weird siren like whail in the bg
starts to soar.

CinisterCee said:

It's not the huge statement that "OK Computer" was, but I think "Hail" marked a bit of a return to the accessibility of "OK" and "The Bends" that had been missing from "Kid A/Amnesiac" while retaining some of the techno strides seen in those two releases.

I felt like "Hail" was a best-of sort of offering. I liked it a lot -- it was melodic as all get-out, had memorable hooks.

But, I've had my heart set on a 2006 release!

ThreadBare said:

I have to co-sign all of that.

It's weird though, with as much as I LOVED it, I often forget it exists. When I'm in a Radiohead move, I got straight for all the others and skip right over HTTF. I should rectify that soon.

ThreadBare said:

well, there will be the Thom York solo album on july 11

so that should tie us over till the new album next year

IstenSzek said:

That is so funny, that is my favorite part of that album as well!


I love HTTT... some incredible material on that album. It's not as powerful overall as OK computer, and it doesn't connect with me in the same way that Amnesiac does, but.... it's still a tremendously strong album.

CinisterCee said:

I like a lot of it very much. Sail To The Moon and There There are the highlights for me, but there's only about three or four tracks I'm not keen on.

IstenSzek said:

Aren't they hoping to release it before the end of this year?

Is what I heard, anyway.

Cloudbuster said:

it's been postponed until 2007.

is what i heard, anyway.

IstenSzek said:

Wank!

IstenSzek said:

The last update that I saw was that Thom posted on their site that they were still hoping for an October, 2006 release....

NorthernLad said:

That's the last I heard.

Still think its gonna be a '07 release.. they are getting into a good vibe lately.. and gonna take it easy till off the tour..


expect an '07 release.

15 Step is another great new song.

Essentially, Radiohead are fucking incredible. Sometimes I just don't understand how they manage to make such incredible and beautiful music. They, as a band, gell together like no other band I've seen or heard. I always thought that only solo artists given total control over their music could acheive that until I heard 'head.

Spookymuffin said:

endorphin74 said:

And I'll double-co-sign! I thought HTTF did exactly what both of you are saying. Perhaps because there was no abrupt redirection in style explains why people don't refer to it as much.

PeteZarustica said:

I think its an essential album.. but I, too, skip over this one.. and even when I attempt to listen.. I skip over prime material..

I think i expected too much from it.. considering it didn't step on new grounds, and that was what i was looking for in their music when it came out..

I believe the new one, does in fact, cover new grounds.. due to what i've heard.