New York, NY
Virgin Megastores in the US are beginning a pre-order campaign for Hail to the Thief similar to what they did for Amnesiac. While supplies last at each store, customers pre-ordering the album beginnging Tuesday May 27th will receive an exclusive lithograph.
Here are some bits from the May 17th interview found in Telgraph Magazine:
-There There video was shot in the 50 Acre Wood outside Bristol, and was directed by Chris Hopewell. 4 days filming, and 2 weeks to do the animation. The brief was: “a bit Brothers Grimm, a bit Jan Svankmajer [Czech animation legend]”. Thom: “It’s bagpuss”
-Colin, on the concept of the new artwork: “It’s comprised of the five colours used on American road signs, and black and white”. “The record is all fluorescent, opaque sounds, like road signs-clear, coming at you out of the darkness.”
-Thom’s favourite film: Being There with Peter Sellers.
– Noel Gallagher said that “protest is a wast a time”, Thom answers (after a pause and a smile) “He needs to read some books.”
-Thom: the gloaming is “The imminent sense of moving into the dark ages again. The rise of all this Right-wing bigotry, stupidity, fear and ignorance.”
(thanks to Matthew)
Here’s the setlist from last night’s performance in Edinburgh:
There There
2+2=5
The National Anthem
Lucky
Backdrifts
Sail To The Moon
Where I End and You Begin
Go To Sleep
We Suck Young Blood
No Surprises
Sit Down. Stand Up
Pyramid Song
Paranoid Android
My Iron Lung
Idioteque
Everything In Its Right Place
encore 1:
The Gloaming
A Wolf at the Door
Just
Like Spinning Plates
encore 2:
Talk Show Host
Karma Police
Radiohead is apparently playing a show in Madrid, Spain on July 16, 2003. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
Here is Maxim magazine’s review of Hail to the Thief:
RADIOHEAD
Hail To The Thief (Capitol)
Have you been waiting for Radiohead to quit being so goddamn weird and rock
out with the unbridled fury of their younger years? Well… You’d better
grab a Snickers and get comfy. Hail To The Thief isn’t the return to gritty
guitar-rock basics you hoped for, but it’s pretty great nonetheless, as the
brooding Brits work their experimental jones into songs that brood, stomp,
and soar – often all at the same time. The occasional guitar does pop up,
crashing into a symphony of fierce riffs and slamming drumbeats on “2+2=5,”
dancing around a quiet piano refrain on “Sail to the Moon,” and strumming
and squawking through the spacey, buzzing rocker “Go To Sleep.” The effect
is a large wash of sound that includes skittering electronic beats, a
smattering of ethereal keyboards, and, of course, Thom Yorke’s ghostly,
tortured wails. The sense of oppressive dread that made 1997’s OK Computer
so throttling also returns here in spades. As Yorke and mates fret about the
current state of the world, their gloom is clearly our boon. -David Peisner
4 out of 5 stars
Like this? Try these…
The Beta Band
“The Beta Band”
Astralwerks, 1999
Sigur Ros
“()”
MCA, 2002
Mogwai
“Rock Action”
Matador, 2001
At ease, Thieves: You can have what you want, you just have to ask!
Sample songs you’ve probably already heard and watch the video for “There
There.” Feeling witty? Help Radiohead put the words to right. Wipe them out
anytime.
http://capitolrecords.com/radiohead/player