70′s supergroup RAINBOW is pissed!
Wha?!?! New Radiohead album in 10 days? I was skeptical at first, especially since THIS recent hoax, but it looks to be legit. Emails were sent out via W.A.S.T.E. and the band has posted the info on Dead Air Space. Were you sent here by the devil? No, good sir, I’m on the level. So far I have only seen this reported on Pitchfork (perpetuaters of aforementioned hoax, hence my skepticism) and various blogs that have picked up the story. Both fan sites At Ease and Green Plastic seem to be dead, possibly from head explosion/server overload since the news.
The album is called In Rainbows ( worst title ever) and is being offered directly through the band itself. Radiohead has been without a record label since 2003′s Hail To The Thief fulfilled their contract with Capitol Records. Seems like they are going with the “stick it to the man/we want all the money for ourselves” route, at least for now. Hey, when you are the biggest band in the world, I guess you can do that.
The album will be available in two formats; an exorbitantly priced “discbox” for the serious collector, or the more affordable digital download for the workingman. Despite the £40 price tag (over $80, American), the discbox is still pretty sweet. But not as sweet as the price of the download, which is up to the buyer. That’s right, it’s up to you.
Why wear out my poor little digits when the discbox details and track listing are being reprinted everywhere and their mother? Order that shit and get all the pertinent info HERE.
*UPDATE: The story seems to be proliferating since I started typing. Green Plastic is now back online and Rolling Stone is reporting a traditional album release sometime in 2008.
