There's been some big news in Radiohead-Land the past couple of weeks. (Yes, Radiohead-Land is a real place and it's located smack dab between Brilliant-Town and Awesome-Ville.)
First, and foremost the world has been blessed with not one but two new singles from the band. The first of these is titled "Harry Patch (In Memory of)" and finds Thom Yorke & Co. paying tribute to the UK's last remaining WWI veteran, Harry Patch who recently passed away at the age of 111. The track features soaring vocals from
Yorke accompanied by equally soaring strings arranged by
Johnny Greenwood and recorded live in an
abbey and is sure to throw those even mildly familiar with the band's catalogue for a loop. Read more about the single at
deadairspace. Get it at
waste.
Following the release of "Harry Patch," both Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood stated in separate interviews that the band would likely not be recording another full-length album in the near-future but rather would be releasing songs in the
EP format. At the same time, a new track popped up online titled "These Are My Twisted Words" that was clearly a new song from Radiohead. Text included in the MP3 file quickly sparked rumors that this song may be part of a forthcoming EP titled Wall of Ice. Thus far, it looks like those rumors were false, but the band has officially released "These Are My Twisted Words" for free via their website along with some beautiful new artwork from long time collaborator,
Stanley Donwood. Grab it
here. You won't be disappointed.
