Finally, after all the speculation and rumors and cryptic postcards dropped in the mail, we have some new music from Radiohead.
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While the online shenanigans created buzz for the song, and expected subsequent album, there was a digital cost.
At the time, lead vocalist Thom Yorke handed out newspapers with a Radiohead theme.
There was a mix of opinions on Radiohead’s facebook page, with the vast majority appearing to be in favour of it, according to its likes – although there were some dissenting voices. Fans in the United Kingdom recently reported receiving mysterious leaflets in the mail from the band, replete with the term “Burn the Witch” and an embossed band logo. An XL spokesperson released a statement via Rolling Stone: “This is the first step in the transfer of Radiohead’s back catalogue from Parlophone to XL”.
It has been five years since the band’s last studio album “King of Limbs” – itself an absence from that old-school form of social media.
The message on the leaflets noted that they “know where you live” which has startled some of those that received it in the post. Perhaps like Grizzly Bear and Panda Bear, Radiohead is hinting at exploring Claymation in their videos tied to their new album?
They did the same prior to the release of In Rainbows in 2007 and The King Of Limbs in 2011 – and both albums took fans and the music industry by surprise.
The band’s official website is still down as of this writing. With this new “gimmick”, fans of the United Kingdom band are nearly certain that it has something to do with the band’s new album launch.
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British rock band Radiohead has reappeared online just days after vanishing from the internet, sharing a birdsong sung by an animated bird on social media.
