Oh My God

Oh My God

Oh My God

I'm gonna have a heart attack

New Radiohead album (which has had basically NO press up until the last week) comes out digitally on October 10th. Entitled "In Rainbows"

Yep that's right. Next fucking week. Since Radiohead is no longer signed to a label, they do whatever the fuck they want now. Let me tell you a little about this endeavor.

Radiohead is currently the sole distributor of this album. No amazon, no itunes, no nothing. The ONLY place you can download it/order it is directly from the band's site. It is available for preorder in two formats:
Discbox and Download

I actually think I've gone into shock because this is too overwhelming, so I'm doing a lot of copying and pasting from here on out.
A little about each.
DISCBOX - THIS CONSISTS OF THE NEW ALBUM, IN RAINBOWS, ON CD
AND ON 2 X 12 INCH HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL RECORDS.
A SECOND, ENHANCED CD CONTAINS MORE NEW SONGS, ALONG WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK.
THE DISCBOX ALSO INCLUDES ARTWORK AND LYRIC BOOKLETS.
ALL ARE ENCASED IN A HARDBACK BOOK AND SLIPCASE.

THE ALBUM DOWNLOAD AUTOMATICALLY COMES WITH THIS PACK.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILE DIGITALLY FROM THE 10TH OCTOBER 2007.

DISCBOXES ARE BEING MADE TO ORDER AND ARE PRICED AT £40.00 INCLUDING POSTAGE.
SHIPPING WILL BEGIN ON OR BEFORE 3RD DECEMBER 2007.


DOWNLOAD - THIS CONSISTS OF THE NEW ALBUM, IN RAINBOWS.


IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE EXTRA MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE DISCBOX.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILE DIGITALLY FROM THE 10th OCTOBER 2007.

YOUR PURCHASE MAY BE SUBJECT TO A TRANSACTION FEE.
THIS WILL BE SHOWN AT THE CHECKOUT.

And how much does the download cost? You choose.

No seriously. You get to decide exactly how much you pay for each track. Seriously

Best Week Ever put it best when they said: "Radiohead Bends Record Industry Over Conference Table And Goes To Town."

The Record Industry's response?
"While many industry observers speculated that Radiohead might go off-label for its seventh album, it was presumed the band would at least rely on Apple's iTunes or United Kingdom-based online music store 7digital for distribution. Few suspected the band members had the ambition (or the server capacity) to put an album out on their own. The final decision was apparently made just a few weeks ago, and, when informed of the news on Sunday, several record executives admitted that, despite the rumors, they were stunned. "This feels like yet another death knell," emailed an A&R executive at a major European label. "If the best band in the world doesn't want a part of us, I'm not sure what's left for this business."

Labels can still be influential and profitable by focusing on younger acts that need their muscle to get radio play and placement in record stores — but only if the music itself remains a saleable commodity. "That's the interesting part of all this," says a producer who works primarily with American rap artists. "Radiohead is the best band in the world; if you can pay whatever you want for music by the best band in the world, why would you pay $13 dollars or $.99 cents for music by somebody less talented? Once you open that door and start giving music away legally, I'm not sure there's any going back."

Radiohead, yet again, has revolutionized the world of music.

I'm ordering a discbox. Yeah it's kinda pricey. But shit is it worth it.

This album is also similar to Kid A in that it will have no singles or videos. So you won't be hearing it on the radio most likely.

Tracklisting:
In Rainbows:
1)15 Step
2)Bodysnatchers
3)Nude
4)Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
5)All I Need
6)Faust Arp
7)Reckoner
8)House of Cards
9)Jigsaw Falling Into Place
10)Videotape

CD2 (only with the Discbox, so I'll have to wait a while for this
1)MK 1
2)Down is the New Up
3)Go Slowly
4)MK 2
5)Last Flowers
6)Up on the Ladder
7)Bangers and Mash
8)4 Minute Warning

Oh My Fucking God 15 step
Oh My Fucking God Videotape