I only heard about this now :-// and I need to hear it.

Looked around but can't find any samples of the album tracks.

Anybody able to hook me up because I need to listen to it.

wojoooow 8O

didn't know about this man ...

What a FANTASTIC artwork!

Jeanie Escribi�:

What a FANTASTIC artwork!

Yeah there's lots more if you can navigate through their traditional maze like navigation system http://www.theeraser.co.uk/

is the new Radiohead album out next year?

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

is the new Radiohead album out next year?

Yeah sounds about right seeing as Thom's got this solo project. They've actually been getting an unknown female performer to play Radioheads songs to test the audiences reactions.



I don't know if anybody is into the Radiohead art, but I really love it! You can buy limited prints for a bit of a ridiculous price; around the �100 mark 8O

some guy called up radio1 a while ago and said that he was in bar in london which had an open mic night. A female singer was playing and a guy(johny) ask him what he thought, the guy replied by saying it was very despressing and sounded like radiohead, later being told who he had been speaking to.

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

some guy called up radio1 a while ago and said that he was in bar in london which had an open mic night. A female singer was playing and a guy(johny) ask him what he thought, the guy replied by saying it was very despressing and sounded like radiohead, later being told who he had been speaking to.

I'm sure I was the one who told you that!

I hate fucking Radiohead, I hate Thom fucking Yorke and above all, I abso-fucking-lutely hate n*ggers!



So there.

I've heared cymbal rush but i can't remember what it sounded like :?

Pitchfork sez:



The Eraser is a sumptuous, Nigel Godrich-produced layer cake of plaintive piano, haunting synth squalls, and chugging guitars built atop skittish programmed beats and devoured by Thom Yorke's anguished ruminations on the pressures and paranoias attendant to fame and expectation. And no, it's not a techno record.



Here's a track-by-track first glimpse at The Eraser:



1. "the eraser": The title track opens with a muffled, repeated piano chord. After a few bars and a chord change, programmed beats settle in, and Thom interrupts, "Please excuse me but I got to ask," scraping the upper register. Soon, a gaggle of disembodied, moaning Thoms joins in for the chorus, which seemingly takes a cue from Morrissey: "The more you try to erase me/ The more that I appear".



2. "analyse": Vocal and rolling piano lines launch this meditation on futility. "The fences that you cannot climb/ The sentences that do not rhyme," Thom laments, sad and clever all at once. And later: "It gets you down/ You're just playing a part," one of many presumed jabs at self-identity. The chord progression somewhat recalls an accelerated "Knives Out", with a hesitant snare plodding along in the background, before Godrich drops in the first of The Eraser's many cinematic synth flourishes.



3. "the clock": A cyclical guitar line lends this track an almost motorik vibe, albeit one evoking a leisurely Sunday drive. Click-clack beats add to the pace before the inevitable opening line: "Time is running out/ For us." By the end, Thom is humming a simple, bluesy melody over the steady but relentless rhythm.



4. "black swan": Opens with an almost hip-hop beat, before a blues-inspired riff more than a little reminiscent of "I Might Be Wrong" drops in and sets the structure. "This is fucked up, fucked up," Yorke declares. Later, more identity crises are averted: "I don't care what the future holds/ 'Cause I'm right here and I'm today/ With your fingers you can touch me."



5. "skip divided": Samples of Thom drawing breaths help form the percussive foundation of this dark stalker-ly declaration. Yorke's at his most conversational here, almost pub-drunk, revealing, "When you walk in a room I follow you 'round/ Like a dog/ I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog/ I'm a lapdog/ I'm your lapdog." Creepy.



6. "atoms for peace": Thom returns, all homesick alien, beseeching you: "No more going to the dark side with your flying saucer eyes/ No more falling down a wormhole that I have to pull you out," and striving for some higher octaves during the chorus: "I wanna geeet ouuut/ And make it woooork." Celestial tones underscore a warm, bumbling bassline-- a relatively minimal arrangement compared to the rest of The Eraser. "So many lies/ So feel the love come off of them/ And take me in your arms," he sings. Thom's own "You're Beautiful"?



7. "and it rained all night": And it's back to the Dark Side for The Eraser's chilliest number, a tune awash in eerie synth and driven by a Joy Division-esque bassline. Thom assumes the role of the poet-observer, surrealistically detailing visions of post-downpour New York, clipped vocal samples later piggybacking the bassline. It culminates in a strained, desperate: "I can see you/ But I can never reach you."



8. "harrowdown hill": Don't get thrown off by the practically post-punk opening bass riff; more haunted synth and programmed beats soon drift in and turn things nocturnal once again. "I'm coming home to make it all right/ So dry your eyes," sings Thom-- one of the most conventional, pop-esque vocal melodies on the record. "I can't take the pressure/ No one cares if you live or die/ They just want me gone/ They want me gone." The moment is suspended to make way for some riffing, which closes out the song.



9. "cymbal rush": We're greeted here by what sounds like the Pac-Man death sound effect kicked down an octave; then more funereal, ambient synth, along with pitter-patter programmed percussion not unlike that on "Kid A". "Try to build a wall that is high enough," sings Thom. "It's all boiling over." Finally, the climax: percussion picks up, guitar enters over melancholic piano chords, and more disembodied Thoms float about, moaning-- until all drops out for one final blip-bloop parade, which sputters out to an abrupt finish.



Regarding The Eraser, Yorke also wrote "inevitably it is more beats & electronics. but its [sic] songs," and that pretty much sums it up. The record is song-oriented to a perhaps surprising degree-- no instrumentals, all tracks pretty much in the four-minute range, mostly standard time signatures-- and emphasizes the trademark textural richness of Radiohead and Godrich.

Pitchfork, pleazzze.



If there's one site you can't take seriously...

maybe you told me on msn, however I did here it on the radio aswell.

Seeing their show in NYC in a couple weeks, but they should be touring for their new album, which I think comes out in the fall. Whoever said Radiohead sucks....please go away, and don't return...ever.

zonk34 Escribi�:

Seeing their show in NYC in a couple weeks, but they should be touring for their new album, which I think comes out in the fall. Whoever said Radiohead sucks....please go away, and don't return...ever.

X-D

Not somethin a 52 post guy should say to forum leaders, maybe?

zonk34 Escribi�:

Whoever said Radiohead sucks....please go away, and don't return...ever.

He was gone for a bit, but finally managed to move the boulder away from his tomb and has returned with much information. He did indeed beat us all.

"Thom Yorke's debut solo album "The Eraser" has been leaked online a month ahead of its release, according to reports.



The long-awaited LP, which has been written and played in full by Yorke and produced by Nigel Godrich, is due for an official release on July 10."

July 10? Leaked a month ahead? Have those reports about the leak been leaked themselves a week or two too early? :-D



Is 10th of July a worldwide release date or UK only?

"Thom Yorke is to make a rare appearance on US television to promote his upcoming solo LP, "The Eraser".



The Radiohead frontman is expected to play live on "The Henry Rollins Show" on July 15, although it is unclear if he will actually sit down with the host and answer questions.



Rollins is the former frontman of Black Flag and has gone on to become an admired and outspoken commentator on politics, culture and society.



His show goes out on the IFC Network, with Dinosaur Jr."



USA bastards! If anyone can record this i'll be grateful. Cheeyars.

A mysterious figure is travelling around London this week to promote the imminent release of Thom Yorke's debut solo album.



The male mannequin, which is dressed in a long black coat and hat and is on a wheeled podium, can be found at numerous locations across the capital.



He is carrying a secured iPod shuffle, playing "The Eraser" on constant loop with a pair of headphones which can be used by members of the public.



Apparently the figure will visit ten landmarks featured on the album's artwork this week, one each morning and one in the evening. A human 'guide' will be on-hand to answer any questions.



"The Eraser" is released on July 10

New Rollingstone interview, worth a read:



http://www.rollingst...e_on_going_solo