Radiohead are Busy Bees
Oh Radiohead. You gave us an 8-song album in February, but the fans wanted more. You threw us 2 additional songs shortly after, but the fans wanted more. A double album remix of your February The King of Limbs album is hitting the internet and stores, but more more more cry the fans. Well you little fuckers, you are getting what you’ve been clamouring for.
In a chat with Rolling Stone, Radiohead’s lead singer (and PHM heart throb) Thom Yorke dropped more than a few solid nuggets.
In summary, a new solo Atoms for Peace album to be finished by the end of the year, as well as Radiohead hitting the studio again this winter. You boys sure do know how to make a man happy.
“Radiohead could squeeze in only three concerts this year – the Roseland dates and a surprise set in June at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival – because Deamer is also on the road with Portishead. “He wasn’t available,” says Chris Hufford, one of Radiohead’s managers, “and it’s why we couldn’t go out on tour until next year.”
“It will be sort of on and off, with big gaps,” Yorke says of the probable schedule, then grins reassuringly. “But not that big.”
Yorke, who turned 43 on October 7th, is determined to finish his new Atoms for Peace album by the end of the year. It is likely to feature recordings from the sessions Yorke did in 2010 with his touring band of that name, whose members include Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album has “a lot of solo stuff as well,” Yorke adds. But, he confesses, “It’s not good enough yet.” He and Godrich “were excited about it for so long, then we kind of lost our way. So we’re taking some steps back.”
“The genesis was more like The Eraser – Thom and I in the studio,” Godrich says, referring to Yorke’s 2006 solo album. “The idea was to generate the music, then record the band. We did that. Some of it worked. We also went back to some of the electronic stuff. It’s still in flux. We’re waiting for the lightning bolt to strike.”
Radiohead are returning to the studio as well. They will work on new material at their recording space in Oxford, England, in December and January. “We can get things together quite rapidly at the moment,” Yorke says brightly. He mentions one song, “Come to Your Senses.” “We have this version of it. It’s a five-minute rehearsal, but it has the essence of what we need.
“There are a few of those,” he adds. “It would be fun to have them ready when we go to play next year. I don’t know how we would release them.” Yorke smiles hopefully. “It would be nice to make it all part of the flow and just enjoy it – not think about it too much.”
And in case you missed it back in February, check out Thom Yorke’s “embarrassing Dad” moments from Lotus Flower.
Radiohead – Lotus Flower
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