Radiohead Head Into Studio - Will Be Making New Album

The last year or so has seen the odd little tidbit of information about the new Radiohead album revealed. In September 2008, the band claimed most of the album was already completed. And then in May, Colin Greenwood revealed they were at the stage where all the elements were in place and it was just a case of piecing it all together.

But August brought a strange aside when Thom Yorke claimed Radiohead wouldn’t be releasing any new albums, at least not for a long while. He claimed the band didn’t want to go through the rigmarole of recording a long player again.

But Ed O’Brien has now made it clear there is a new album on the way, and Radiohead are on their way into the studio this winter with Nigel Godrich to finish it off.

O’Brien told NME:

“WE WILL BE MAKING AN ALBUM! We love the artwork; that’s really important to us, the physicality. And we like vinyl. That’s not going to go away.”

“Typical Radiohead. We’re going into the studio in winter. It’s always miserable! When you’re in a studio in the countryside the music you make is definitely affected by what season it is.”

So, there is to be a new album, and it’s likely to be miserable and introspective as usual. Which all sounds good to me. What doesn’t seem clear at this stage is how it will be released. There likely will be a physical release but will there be another In Rainbows-style digital download first?

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