Spring Break
New Radiohead album boasts tiny price tag on band's web site
Dave Goncalves
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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It's been four years since their last album release and now Radiohead is releasing their newest album in a hell of a manner.
In Rainbows, is a solid show of the bands abilities along with their awesome online/downloadable release.
To begin, Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood have been hard at work unveiling and perfecting songs for the album since 2005. Then, the only way to hear the songs "Nude" and "Reckoner" was to be at a live show or have a downloaded personal recording. Tagged along with songs like "All I need" and "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," the album shows that though the band has been on some hiatus, they've put forth a lot of effort.
The album travels smoothly from track to track, no one song being more aggressive than the next. Yorkes thoughtful voice bolsters through each song softly and contemplative as always. The guitars never lay alone as they are accompanied by a set of strings, be it piano or violins, any other orchestra instrument, or some soft synth's.
The hardest sounds you hear through the album are the percussions that open up "Reckoner," which are soon quelled under the arrival of the keyboards, the vocals, and what sounds like a row of viola.
Besides the fact that this album is really solid, relaxing and pretty down to earth, the big thing about it is its method of release and price: downloadable at a cost of whatever you want to pay, including zero dollars. The album is purchased off the Radiohead web site.
This is their first independent album after their seven album contract with EMI expired with Hail to the Thief, so it seems they're going with a new way of distributing. But yet another cool feature is on Dec. 3, a hard copy of the album called the In Rainbows discbox edition will be released with a bunch of extra goodies.
The discbox will have the full length album, an additional CD with another eight tracks, two 12" vinyls, artwork, lyric books, and digital artwork and photos. It's an interesting idea considering the albums online release can be downloaded free of charge and the discbox will cost $80.
Personally, this record seems hefty enough with extra stuff that I will purchase it on release. The album has a strong enough impact that a second copy of it with what seems like a second album tucked under its wing would be nice to add to the vinyl collection.
In Rainbows, is a solid show of the bands abilities along with their awesome online/downloadable release.
To begin, Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood have been hard at work unveiling and perfecting songs for the album since 2005. Then, the only way to hear the songs "Nude" and "Reckoner" was to be at a live show or have a downloaded personal recording. Tagged along with songs like "All I need" and "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," the album shows that though the band has been on some hiatus, they've put forth a lot of effort.
The album travels smoothly from track to track, no one song being more aggressive than the next. Yorkes thoughtful voice bolsters through each song softly and contemplative as always. The guitars never lay alone as they are accompanied by a set of strings, be it piano or violins, any other orchestra instrument, or some soft synth's.
The hardest sounds you hear through the album are the percussions that open up "Reckoner," which are soon quelled under the arrival of the keyboards, the vocals, and what sounds like a row of viola.
Besides the fact that this album is really solid, relaxing and pretty down to earth, the big thing about it is its method of release and price: downloadable at a cost of whatever you want to pay, including zero dollars. The album is purchased off the Radiohead web site.
This is their first independent album after their seven album contract with EMI expired with Hail to the Thief, so it seems they're going with a new way of distributing. But yet another cool feature is on Dec. 3, a hard copy of the album called the In Rainbows discbox edition will be released with a bunch of extra goodies.
The discbox will have the full length album, an additional CD with another eight tracks, two 12" vinyls, artwork, lyric books, and digital artwork and photos. It's an interesting idea considering the albums online release can be downloaded free of charge and the discbox will cost $80.
Personally, this record seems hefty enough with extra stuff that I will purchase it on release. The album has a strong enough impact that a second copy of it with what seems like a second album tucked under its wing would be nice to add to the vinyl collection.
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john thompson
posted 10/20/07 @ 11:48 PM EST
Good write up over a beautiful record. Just when you have clue what to expect next, In Rainbows quells the anxious heart. It seems deliberately accessable and compassionate compared to the drafty and haunted sounds of their last three CDs. (Continued…)
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