Radiohead新专辑将于英国时间5月8日晚上7点通过贝阁-XL数字发行。

Last year we were asked to write a theme tune for the Bond movieSpectre.
Yes we were. It didn't work out, but became something of our own, which we love very much.
As the year closes we thought you might like to hear it.
Merry Christmas. May the force be with you.

英伦巨头Radiohead 带来了世界无数歌迷日夜期待的第7张录音室专辑《In Rainbows》。Radiohead 这次选择了独特的发行方式，网络发行，不是说网络方式发行是独特的，而是他们目前还没有选择一家唱片公司来正式发行这张专辑。在10月10号那天通过网络购买的方式来获得专辑，可以购买MP3，也可以购买CD，不过CD会比MP3晚2个月才能拿到手。最后的普通版CD估计要到2008年的一月份才会通过公司进行全球发行。MP3在10号那天英国当地时间早晨5点开放下载后，一直到现在，Radiohead的官方打开速度仍然很慢，可以想像全世界有多少在同时登陆一个网站，同时下载一首歌。歌迷需要付出40磅才能下到载整张专辑歌曲，其中MP3格式的为不写保护，160Kbps的音质。从Radiohead选择这样的发行方式来看，显然他们走出的是一条新路，他们相信网络传播对艺人的作品不是想象中的可怕与不可抵抗的。同时这样的方式也给世界唱片工业一个重磅，给世界的唱片市场一个新的思路与想法

So here's a new song, called 'These Are My Twisted Words'.
We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished.
We're pretty proud of it.
There's other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we've been practising, and which we'll probably play at this summer's concerts. Hope you like it.
From DEAD AIR SPACE

"i am the only one that got through
the others died where ever they fell
it was an ambush
they came up from all sides
give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
i've seen devils coming up from the ground
i've seen hell upon this earth
the next will be chemical but they will never learn"
Recently the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st world war Harry Patch died at the age of 111.
I had heard a very emotional interview with him a few years ago on the Today program on Radio4.
The way he talked about war had a profound effect on me.
It became the inspiration for a song that we happened to record a few weeks before his death.
It was done live in an abbey. The strings were arranged by Jonny.
I very much hope the song does justice to his memory as the last survivor.
It would be very easy for our generation to forget the true horror of war, without the likes of Harry to remind us.
I hope we do not forget.
As Harry himself said
"Irrespective of the uniforms we wore, we were all victims".
This morning the Today program played the song for the first time and now it is available to download from our website.
The proceeds of this song will go to the British Legion.
To peace and understanding.
Thom

Radiohead最新单曲，均为全新创作。在英国以黑胶形式发行。

A Moon Shaped Pool is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, produced by Nigel Godrich. It was released as a download on 8 May 2016. CD and LP editions will be released on 17 June 2016, followed by a "special edition" in September, containing two additional songs. Soon after its release the album was played in its entirety on BBC Radio 6 Music, presented by Tom Robinson.

1995年6月1日现场。Radiohead早期录音。

乐队在2000 年推出了一张最受期待的大碟《Kid A》。自从 Radiohead 的《OK Computer》被誉为“宇宙最佳大碟”之后，Radiohead已经成为The Beatles最具威胁乐队，这新碟真是全球瞩目。
不过《 Kid A 》大概会令不少 Radiohead 迷感到意外，因为全碟跟Radiohead以往的风格非常不同！ 以往的强劲电吉他弹奏已荡然无全，就连打几下重鼓都没有，换来大量飘渺迷离气氛。Atmospheric 、Ambience 、Nightmarish、Moody、Sparse…… ...

2008年6月，电台司令发行创团以来的首张精选大碟《Radiohead : The Best Of》，此张精选大碟网罗了乐团在1992-2005年间于EMI唱片公司旗下所发行的6张专辑中的畅销单曲，招牌作与演唱会中最受欢迎的歌曲，包括：〈Creep〉、〈High And Dry〉、〈Paranoid Android〉、〈There There〉、〈No Surprises〉、〈Pyramid Song〉、〈Street Spirit (Fade Out)〉、〈Karma Police〉、〈2+2 = 5〉、〈Just〉、〈Fake Plastic Trees〉、〈My Iron Lung〉等12首英国金榜TOP30畅销单曲，还有电影【香草天空】的开场主题曲〈Everything In Its Right Place〉跟1995年为援助战区儿童组织“War Child”所创作的义唱歌曲〈Lucky〉。

Radiohead的处女作《Pablo Honey》虽然十分出色，但现在看来它更像是乐队在为这一张更加舒展的经典《The Bends》所做的准备，热身。同《Pablo Honey》一样，这张唱片的整体音乐构架仍然是建立在不断回旋缭绕的吉他声音之上，三把吉他共同奏出的断断续续的旋律不仅仅是唱片中最为精彩的部分，同时也成为了Radiohead的音乐标志。这种用最传统的乐器所奏出来的不同声响在听觉上创造了一种有力的回馈，它将听者的欲望和痛苦共同挖掘了出来。同时从某种程度上说《The Bends》又是一张深受前人影响的摇滚专辑，偶尔从唱片中你会发现U2,Pink Floyd,R.E.M甚至是The Pixies的影子，但是Radiohead将前人的音乐手法用不同的音乐气质进行了一个极为另类的演绎--专辑中的音乐极具空间感，却并不像Pink Floyd蒙胧缥缈，这就让歌曲听起来更加具有生命力，更富有执着的感情。Thom Yorke那些充满了反复的自问，纠缠，扭曲和欲望的歌词赋予了唱片另外一种忧郁的气质，在音乐之外，一股精神暗流通过他时而温柔时而神经质的演唱传达给了听众。Thom的嗓音应该是让人温暖的，但当感情爆发的时候，你依然能见到它高亢的一面，在汹涌的音乐下这病人般的声音实在令人无法自拔。等到这张唱片出现的时候，摇滚乐已经走过了四十年的路程，而《The Bends》却还是轻易的成为了经典，这正是因为Radiohead在努力创造独特的音乐情绪的同时也保留了摇滚乐的爆发力和极佳的旋律性，这使得这张唱片不仅仅得到了评论家的一致好评，同时也在市场上获得了巨大的成功。直白的说,《The Bends》是一张让你第一次聆听就能被深深吸引，而在接下来的每一次听觉过程中又都能发现新的音乐细节和聆听乐趣的摇滚专辑。

2009 expanded deluxe three disc (two CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition of this 1994 album from one of the biggest and most critically successful UK bands of all time. From their beginnings sandwiched between the Grunge and Britpop music scenes to their groundbreaking internet releases, Radiohead has consistently and successfully challenged themselves musically with each album and continue to raise the bar with every passing year. Disc One contains the original album while Disc Two is filled with rarities, B-sides, BBC sessions and more. The DVD contains promo videos, live footage, television appearances and other surprises. Features 48 tracks (34 audio tracks and 14 videos). EMI.

Radiohead on its top form. Hearty hearty britpop.