more like "The King of Limp (Cocks)" btw
― Keepin' it Rael with Peter Gabriel (King Boy Pato), Monday, 14 February 2011 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
clever
― Melissa W, Monday, 14 February 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
clever dick, even
― Keepin' it Rael with Peter Gabriel (King Boy Pato), Monday, 14 February 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link
can't tell if markers is being ironic or
― The image post from the hilarious "markers" internet persona (history mayne), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Faust Arp
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Excited! But "newspaper album" sounds so so lame...
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Thought it was going to come free with the Daily Mail when I read that.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 14 February 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol at p4k not mentioning this yet. Someone's gonna get fired for that
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
weren't they only going to put out EPs and individual tracks for a while instead of albums? still, psyched either way. if it's half as good as In Rainbows i'll be impressed. artwork looks dreadful but i'm used to that with Radiohaed by now.
― piscesx, Monday, 14 February 2011 10:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Radiohead really aren't very good at artwork.
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:48 (thirteen years ago) link
oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together
Yes, that should do the job
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't put Oxo on your records in you wanna keep them guys
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Monday, 14 February 2011 10:53 (thirteen years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TVkLDgmbhKI/AAAAAAAAAc4/3Icm8nzLAHI/s640/radioheads.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 February 2011 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
weren't they only going to put out EPs and individual tracks for a while instead of albums? still, psyched either way. if it's half as good as In Rainbows i'll be impressed. artwork looks dreadful but i'm used to that with Radiohaed by now.― piscesx, Monday, February 14, 2011 10:41 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark
― piscesx, Monday, February 14, 2011 10:41 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark
i think they've been saying this since 1997
― The image post from the hilarious "markers" internet persona (history mayne), Monday, 14 February 2011 11:07 (thirteen years ago) link
totally stealing this one
― ledge, Monday, 14 February 2011 11:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the artwork's better than usual, actually!
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Monday, 14 February 2011 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Mmmm I don't really like the cover, if it weren't Radiohead behind this I'd completely ignore the album but maybe it will make more sense when paired with the rest of the artwork (Execution of Kid A and Hail to the Thief's artwork was really well done imho) but as ever I'm genuinely excited about this.Any word on tracklist?
― Moka, Monday, 14 February 2011 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Just been searching for one, nothing turned up.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5225/backgroundef.jpg
Like this a lot more than the actual cover. And there's no word on the tracklisting yet.
― Melissa W, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
how can people not like that awesome cover with the ghost dudes on it, what is wrong with you
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
the other one looks like the default Indie Band With Money template in Aldus Pagemaker
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
cool
― ciderpress, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I like everything about the actual cover except for the orange and green and the dated grungy font. The coloring just makes it look like Aquaman made it or something.
― Melissa W, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the covers to this, Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief. Everything else is kind of nondescript.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I tried to order this and the last step ended up in SQL hell and I have a short attention span so now I will probably never hear it. good luck king of limbs
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
radiohead's announcement cynically timed to steal the arcade fire's thunder.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 February 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I had to do it twice. It worked the second time. x-post
― Melissa W, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
They suck for not releasing the CD on the same date. I will never pay for downloads when I intend to buy the CD anyway. Physical CDs >>>>>>>>>>>>> downloads.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Uh, if you buy the cd, you get the download on Saturday and the cd when it's ready.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
or wait, can you get the cd w/o buying the extravagant vinyl package? maybe not.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
That's more offensive to me than buying mp3s.
Preorder? May go for it then. Or just enjoy the album on Spotify until the CD is ready.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I still don't understand why killing the CD seems so important for some people while currently there is no format that can realistically compete with CDs in terms of sound quality. Yes, lossless exists, but nobody buys lossless.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, looks like there's no separate cd option yet, but there's one included with the vinyl sale. They do sell it in .wav format, though, so you can burn your own cd.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I doubt if this'll ever be on Spotify, In Rainbows isn't.
― nate woolls, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Yes they do
― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah I have a rule with shit like this, if your frontend is too clunky to let my order go through the first time then I just buy an old Bathory album from Hells Headbangers instead
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
in some ways, this is an even more interesting experiment with digital-sales than in rainbows, since now -- with the data the band gathered the last time -- they can see if the model for hitting an optimal price-point works.
i guess the response is that radiohead, unlike a lot of other bands, has a built-in, passionate fanbase that will go out of their way to buy the product.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 February 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
coincidentally enough, this album is completely comprised of bathory covers!
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 February 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha how weird. Yesterday right before I went to sleep I was listening to a couple of tracks from In Rainbows and wondering when something new would be released.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
wow. no tracklisting. clear vinyl. i'm psyched!
― i love it when a suggest ban comes together (cajunsunday), Monday, 14 February 2011 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post But two years later, I bet the data has shifted, no? What someone may have been willing to pay for an album with a novel release scheme a couple of years ago may (and probably is) different from what they're willing to pay today, esp. with so many Amazon MP3 fire sales and whatnot. I mean, the Grammy-winning "Suburbs" is $5 on Amazon.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
In other words, curious how this works out.
I wasn't wondering when something new would be released, but I listened to The Bends for the first time in ages last night when going to sleep. Woke up to find out there's a new album imminent.
Ned and I can make things happen, people!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man you guys were listening to the wrong albums, now this is gonna suck
― iatee, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Will Ned and Johnny Fever please listen to the Avalanches tonight before going to sleep.
I'm really excited for this album I still listen to In Rainbows a lot.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 14 February 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I am not nearly as excited for this as I would have been before In Rainbows came out.
― CAN YOU GULP ANY LOUDER PISS WOMAN (DJP), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
And so the laughable bullshit begins...
― Under Me Smang Tang (Doran), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 February 2011 13:39 (39 minutes ago) Bookmark
Under the Sign of the Thom Yorke
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Monday, 14 February 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm excited it's a return to form after the disappointing In Rainbows!
― acoleuthic, Monday, 14 February 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
It was only a matter of time. The Thom limb has been removed. The king of limbs is now Jonny and the band is now called Jonnyhead
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 June 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
Xp it is definitely least favorite period of theirs, though the From the Basement versions of them improve on most of them a bit.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 June 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
Hey, bald drummer #2 played on all those Portishead and Roni Size records, please treat him with respect.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 20 June 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
One bald drummer is fine, two is beyond the pale.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 20 June 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
The baldshaming itt is a disgrace.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 20 June 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
It was about time Radiohead released something that actually divided the fanbase.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 June 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
Know what's beyond pale? Those bald-ass heads.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Sunday, 20 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
I won't come in here and say this is my favorite or the best Radiohead album, but Andy does like it a lot more than what seems to be the consensus. Also have to agree that the Basement versions are the better way to hear this material — though I do not mind listening to the proper album one bit. Further, I also agree that "Supercollider" and "The Butcher" are necessary additions whenever this era is considered. Not sure why, but I remember being extra excited when we were able to buy the 12" for those.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Sunday, 20 June 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
Don't really get the talk of the poor production on the album, but that's oddly how I feel about Hail to the Theif.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 20 June 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
httt was their "lets rush thru this shit to get out of our label contract asap" record so that makes some sense
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 20 June 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
I actually love how TKOL sounds, can’t agree with HTTT hate how thin and crisp everything sounds in that one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
Probably my least favorite RH album based on sound alone.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
That’s the actual album of theirs that should have been cut to 8 songs.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
Everyone has their own preferred 8-track version of httt and they all rule in different ways
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
was recently reading a critique of Godrich on rateyourmusic.com on Parquet Courts' "Wide AwAAAAAAAAAKE!" (which he had nothing to do with) that got me trying to put my finger on what it is with Godrich's production sometimes.... but i dunno i think it might be more that the band eventually comes up with more interesting arrangements (e.g. how "The Gloaming" has evolved live). I'm not sure how to discuss production in depth. I guess my next step might be seeing how the hoffman dudes describe it. ANyway, for your entertainment:
When working on Room on Fire, the Strokes had originally worked with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, but scrapped it, deeming his production as "soulless." It's funny: hardly a bastion of soul themselves or known for their smarts, and yet the Strokes were able to see something that most people wouldn't catch up on for years (still haven't figured out): Nigel Godrich's whistle-clean, digital-doodad production seems to only work for Radiohead, and that sound has been just as influential on the indie-alternative scene of the 2000s as Radiohead themselves. No proof better than Danger Mouse, who followed closely in Godrich's footsteps.God, what a hack. Brian Burton made his name on The Grey Album, a smart-stupid mash-up between Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album that frankly no one has heard more than twice, and then was somehow everywhere after: Gorillaz, Beck (notably, after Beck worked with Godrich), Sparklehorse, Broken Bells, Gnarls Barkley (with Godrich). And it was the same shit each and every time: clean and barren and soulless and not dangerous at all. Safety Mouse! He's the anti-Midas. All of it very much of its time, which would be fine except he's somehow still around producing songs for bigger names.
God, what a hack. Brian Burton made his name on The Grey Album, a smart-stupid mash-up between Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album that frankly no one has heard more than twice, and then was somehow everywhere after: Gorillaz, Beck (notably, after Beck worked with Godrich), Sparklehorse, Broken Bells, Gnarls Barkley (with Godrich). And it was the same shit each and every time: clean and barren and soulless and not dangerous at all. Safety Mouse! He's the anti-Midas. All of it very much of its time, which would be fine except he's somehow still around producing songs for bigger names.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 20 June 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
pitchfork had called it the "thom got beat up in the street and wrote this" record which might also make some sense.... they deleted the review tho, weird
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 20 June 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
For better or for worse Nigel is the sixth member of Radiohead. Not counting Pablo Honey and the random collaborations only The Bends and the Suspiria OST were not produced by him and he was still somewhat involved in those two.
I think his style is usually very “dry” but I can’t imagine another producer clicking as well with their vision OKC-onwards.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
I think Nigel works for “soul-less” albums like Kid A or Amnesiac, albums like HTTT or In Rainbows I think would have been interesting to hear with someone else.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
In Rainbows is my fave, Thief my least, so I'm really not sure how to even talk about this. Is dry production like when you stuff the kick drum with towels?I feel more like we're talking about the degree to which the songs were fleshed out on the records.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link
I think Nigel works for “soul-less” albums like Kid A or Amnesiac, albums like HTTT or In Rainbows I think would have been interesting to hear with someone else.― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, June 20, 2021 5:51 PM
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, June 20, 2021 5:51 PM
except in rainbows sounds amazing.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
Like what the heck were the Strokes looking for from him?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
gravitas
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 21 June 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
orchestral arrangement for "meet me in the bathroom"
julian casablancas wanted to practice his english accents for jokes
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 21 June 2021 01:00 (two years ago) link
"12:51 (ondes martenot outtakes)"
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 21 June 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
here for it
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
first In Rainbows sessions were with Spike Stent.. Wonder what they were looking for
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 01:07 (two years ago) link
iirc even that was just because nigel was busy with something else at the time
― ufo, Monday, 21 June 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
I agree that In Rainbows sounds amazing… just saying it would have been interesting to hear it under a “warmer” producer. Maybe it would have been for the worse, we will never know.
Everyone has their own definition of what “dry” or “wet” in production means I guess. Iirc “dry” usually means very clean on effects and recorded without reverb or echo in the room and “wet” is the opposite.
I’m aware Radiohead’s songs are filled with effects but imho they sound “dry” because it’s usually very clear, specially on the first segments on their songs. Radiohead seem to love doing buildups for most of the song and releasing tension in the last minute - They’ve been doing it since “Creep” and refining it ever since - They need that “dry” cleaner sound otherwise when you keep adding layers later on it’s will sound way too saturated and they’ll end up sounding like a shoegaze band.
I can see why the Strokes thought they didn’t make a good match with Nigel. They tend to play very straight songs that can be translated live effortlessly, you need a “wet” sound if you’re not adding layers /as the song advances.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 June 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
Maybe I’m not making sense. It’s been an exhausting day.
What I mean is that the strokes will make a song structure that goes:
Intro: vocals and lead guitarVerse: enters bass and drumsChorus: enter second guitar
And Radiohead will be more like
Intro: electronic drum loop and vocalsVerse: enter guitar 1 and some ambient effectVerse 2: enter bass, guitar 2 and drumsChorus: drop 1 of those and add a spooky moogBridge: leave random 3 of the above of your choiceChorus 2: bring everything back but add the london symphony orchestra and start screaming
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 21 June 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link
Maybe I'm in the minority for generally liking Godrich's production. Even on Terror Twilight. Always find it really warm and sparkly
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 21 June 2021 10:26 (two years ago) link
Love Pavement and many of Godrich's productions with Radiohead, but Terror Twilight does nothing for me
― Vinnie, Monday, 21 June 2021 11:25 (two years ago) link
It's just interesting to think about stuff like why the Strokes would've wanted to work with him, then. And in the end they put out the famously same-as-their-debut sounding "Room On Fire"... but in my memory it had a much bigger range of sounds than their first.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
"i was thinking of doing this keyboard thing ..." "Get Radiohead's guy on the phone!"
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 21 June 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link
Weird, to me HttT sounds the most like a big modern rock album to me...lots of bass, very compressed, some bigger drum sounds. I really like how it sounds, but it feels like they reacted against it on IR (lots of very dry '70s type drum sounds, like not a lot of room sound or compression-for-effect, with the exception of certain tunes or moments).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 21 June 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
not a lot of room sound
I think this is a production problem with both IR and TKOL, though it's more pronounced on the latter. They're both quite "airless" sounding to my ears and it drives me a little nuts. Even on the most outre Kid A/Amnesiac tracks there's a sense of space which grounds the music and makes it feel "live." I think they rectified this a little bit on AMSP. I don't know what exact production techniques contribute to this besides reverb and mixing, but it's interesting to me how different their recordings sound from album to album.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 21 June 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I always think of the drum sound on IR as being super home record-y and dry, but I guess it leaves room for the lush Ondes & string parts, and the guitars.
But then there's Reckoner, the only one with really bold choices on the drum sound (very compressed and roomy with the drum kit all on the right channel, and that incredibly recorded + verb-ed out tambourine in the left).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 21 June 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
When I think of Terror Twilight, I think of The Hexx and how spacey and trippy it sounds. I wouldn't change the production on that at all.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 21 June 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link