Thom Yorke Solo Album Revealed!
this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in the background that i have not told you about.
its called The Eraser.
nigel produced & arranged it .
i wrote and played it.
the elements have been kicking round now for a few years and needed to be finished & i have been itching to do something like this for ages.
it was fun and quick to do.
inevitably it is more beats & electronics.
but its songs.
stanley did the cover.
yes its a record!
no its not a radiohead record.
as you know the band are now touring and writing new stuff and getting to a good space so i want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah...
this was all done with their blessing. and i don't wanna hear that word solo. doesnt sound right.
ok then thats that.
i think its out in july and im pretty certain XL are going to put it out.
love thom
So there you have it: Thom Yorke's un-solo album, The Eraser, is due out July 11 on XL Recordings. (Pretty cool that Thom Yorke decided to put his album out on an indie label, huh?) It was produced by Radiohead bosom buddy Nigel Godrich, and features the following songs (yes, they're all supposed to be lower case):
01 the eraser
02 analyse
03 the clock
04 black swan
05 skip divided
06 atoms for peace
07 and it rained all night
08 harrowdown hill
09 cymbal rush
Various sources, including Billboard.com, report that the track "black swan" will play over the closing credits of Richard Linklater's new movie A Scanner Darkly. You know, the one with the animated images of Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder playing characters in a Philip K. Dick novel.
As you probably already know (because we keep breathlessly telling you), Radiohead are on tour right now. The band canceled a show at Amsterdam's Heineken Music Hall this past Wednesday, due to the death of drummer Phil Selway's mother. The concert has been rescheduled for August 28.
The press release for Yorke's album states, "At the end of the tour Radiohead will resume work on their new album, due for release next year." Nice.
Radiohead dates:
05-13 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom *
05-15 Wolverhampton, England - Civic *
05-16 Wolverhampton, England - Civic *
05-18 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *
05-19 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *
06-01 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre *
06-02 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre *
06-04 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion *
06-05 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion *
06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird Center *
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird Center *
06-10 Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts $
06-11 Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts $
06-13 New York, NY - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden $
06-14 New York, NY - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden $
06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo ^
06-19 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre $
06-20 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre $
06-23 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theater #
06-24 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theater #
06-26 San Diego, CA - Bayside #
06-27 San Diego, CA - Bayside #
06-29 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater #
06-30 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater #
08-12 Budapest, Hungary - Óbudai Island (Sziget Festival)
08-15 Avenches, Switzerland - Festival Rock Oz'Arènes
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival ^
08-19 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival) ^
08-20 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival) ^
08-22 Edinburgh, Scotland - Meadowbank ^
08-24 Dublin, Ireland - Marley Park
08-25 Paris, France - Rock en Seine Festival
08-28 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall
* with Willy Mason
$ with the Black Keys
# with Deerhoof
^ with Beck
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