Clever boys. I have been hoping that a band would take the album-release process and turn it on its head and Radiohead are the only band I can see who have the comfort to do it (Plus they hinted at it).
In Rainbows is available from this website as a digital download, which YOU DECIDE HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PAY FOR IT from the 10th of October. It will also be available in a Discbox which includes the album on CD, 2 x 12″ Vinyls, a second enhanced CD, artwork and lyric books in a hardback case for the price of £40. The album download is also included. An impressive spread on Radiohead’s behalf and one, seemingly without any record label backing.
Update: I think this pretty much sums it up:
“What Radiohead are doing is leaking their own album, two months before its physical release — same as everything else does — but they’re turning it into an event and a moral decision about whether you should pay for that leak or you should just steal/take it/sample it and maybe buy it later, whatever you want to call it. And they’ve enticed people to actually give them money for a leak in part by, at this moment, setting up this deluxe product as your only other choice to pay for their music. Pretty clever.
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“So Far, it is only available from this website”– so the idea is that eventually they will ship regular CDs, eh? Well, I would guess that is going to happen on 12/3, same as when those who ordered the huge package get their shit. No idea if a label will be involved, and it already hints that the CD will be in stores of some kind.”
Scott, Pitchfork on Elbo.ws forum
Tracklisting below.
CD 1 AND VINYL
15 STEP
BODYSNATCHERS
NUDE
WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
ALL I NEED
FAUST ARP
RECKONER
HOUSE OF CARDS
JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
VIDEOTAPE
CD 2
MK 1
DOWN IS THE NEW UP
GO SLOWLY
MK 2
LAST FLOWERS
UP ON THE LADDER
BANGERS AND MASH
4 MINUTE WARNING
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nice.i’m sure it would’ve been announced by now had they signed to another label.that said,it is radiohead so maybe not.
there’s no way that i can afford the discbox, BUT IT WILL BE BOUGHT!!!
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– leigh
“…nice.i’m sure it would’ve been announced by now had they signed to another label.that said,it is radiohead so maybe not…”
i remember reading some time ago the band saying how this album would be self released and that they had “outgrown” the need for a record label… or something like that
“…Radiohead are the only band I can see…”
Kristin Hersh has been doing this for ages, but she’s finding it a struggle. Let’s hope the ‘head can forge a new path.
would it be ignorant stupid of me to ask who kristin hersh is? point me in the right direction and i’ll give it a blast
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😮 I’d hope ignorant rather than stupid. Formerly of Throwing Muses, now solo/50 Foot Wave. Try: http://www.throwingmusic.com
don’t know them either, but i’ll give them a blast anyhoo
best news eva, clever clever boys. plus they pulled a prank by hinting to fans – by mean of a series of coded messages on their site – that it wouldn’t be out til march 2008. cheeky as fook. the discbox has to be got, if only for the reason that “down is the new up” = one of the best tunes i ever did hear. and this album will be their best yet – i know cos i’m a radiohead obsessive and have heard most of the new material live. it’s truly great.
10/10, radiohead ftw