Radiohead's new record is called The King of Limbs and is available digitally THIS SATURDAY, February 19. Five days from now. You can pre-order at the site below.
The King of Limbs
The record is also available as the *world's first* Newspaper Album. Two clear vinyl records, a CD, a purpose-built sleeve, and a shit-ton of artwork. This format is a bit pricey, but having ordered the deluxe set for In Rainbows, I can tell you the band puts together a damn fine piece of packaging.
I dig the spooky artwork and title. Tremendously excited to hear what new sound Radiohead have developed.
When In Rainbows came out, it was legendary for a similarly quick announcement and release, but also for a pay-whatever-you-want 'tip jar' pricing model. It appears that element has been dropped - it's $9 for a 320k high-quality MP3 copy of the album. I, for one, am happy to spend nine bucks on this, but others may make a bigger deal that they didn't stick with the model they pioneered. Unless there will be pay-whatever-you-want after the pre-sale, but that seems unlikely.
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