Classic Radiohead; surprise the music world by announcing a new album at one week's notice and in a unique format. These guys could not be more cutting-edge if this album was built entirely from samples of Andy Gray laced with riotous Egyptian rhythms. As usual with Radiohead, we know very, very little of what to expect from 'The King of Limbs', announced this morning and due out this Saturday, the 19th February.
It will be release both as a £6 download and a luxury £30 download/vinyl/artwork package. Mmm...collectable.
10.0: Must be Radiohead
9.5-9.9: Great enough to play on your college radio set
9.0-9.4: Try playing this one on your guitar all night in your dorm room
8.5-8.9: The CD is pretty good but runs the risk of becoming mainstream
8.0-8.4: You should buy any green washed out retro t-shirts by this band
7.5-7.9: Good enough for maybe a sticker on your guitar case
7.0-7.4: Decent enough to talk about in the coffee shop
6.0-6.9: Needs more white guitarists with black-rimmed glasses
5.0-5.9: Might be good for a fratboy band, those neanderthals
4.0-4.9: Reviewer couldn't find any Cloves before writing and was angry
3.0-3.9: Too many unintelligent people might understand it
2.0-2.9: Curls up the ends of our bowl haircuts with shame
1.0-1.9: Did not cause a single tear to flow from our weepy eyes
This release is sure to spark massive interest; Radiohead fan site ateaseweb.com crashed when it published the story, and the alternative music press has been especially vocal; NME.com seems to be at least 75% Radiohead-centric, whilst Pitchfork, known to be somewhat partial to the Oxfordshire quintet (see below) will soon be a-frenzy with every last one of the Greenwood brothers' bodily functions.
9.5-9.9: Great enough to play on your college radio set
9.0-9.4: Try playing this one on your guitar all night in your dorm room
8.5-8.9: The CD is pretty good but runs the risk of becoming mainstream
8.0-8.4: You should buy any green washed out retro t-shirts by this band
7.5-7.9: Good enough for maybe a sticker on your guitar case
7.0-7.4: Decent enough to talk about in the coffee shop
6.0-6.9: Needs more white guitarists with black-rimmed glasses
5.0-5.9: Might be good for a fratboy band, those neanderthals
4.0-4.9: Reviewer couldn't find any Cloves before writing and was angry
3.0-3.9: Too many unintelligent people might understand it
2.0-2.9: Curls up the ends of our bowl haircuts with shame
1.0-1.9: Did not cause a single tear to flow from our weepy eyes
0.0-0.9: That ain't Radiohead
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't massively excited myself- but as we know next to nothing about this release, it would be churlish to fawn just yet. Expect a review by Monday.
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