[Shaun]

Radiohead are releasing their new album 'The King Of Limbs' on Saturday (February 19).

The band announced the news on their official website, Radiohead.com, this morning (February 14). It is available to order online at Thekingoflimbs.com.

The record will be available as a download from Saturday, then released physically on May 9 as what the band are billing as a 'newspaper album'.

The 'newspaper album' package will contain 'The King Of Limbs' on CD, two 10-inch vinyl records and artwork sheets. Those who buy the set will also receive the album as a download on Saturday.

The album will be the band's first since 2007's 'In Rainbows', which they released as a pay-what-you-like download.

The name of the new album relates to an oak tree in Wiltshire's Savernake Forest, thought to be around 1,000 years old. The forest lies around three miles away from Tottenham House, a listed country house where Radiohead recorded part of 'In Rainbows'.

The tree is a pollarded oak, referring to an ancient technique for harvesting timber for fencing and firewood. The phrase also appears in the 23rd chapter of the Qu'ran.

I like the title.

[Corkie]

Ohh thanks for letting me know!!

I read this thinking it wasn't that long since In Rainbows but then go to read further it was in 2007!! Doesn't time fly?

[BB_Eye]

Would be nice to see a return to form, but I won't hold my breath.

[Shaun]

they've released it a day early

[BB_Eye]

Just giving it a spin now.

"Bloom" - uh... better than expected, Radiohead does glitch, more of this please

"Morning Mr. Magpie" - meh

"Little by Little" - repetitive, sounds like a HTTF b-side, meh again

"Feral" - better, but nothing special, lots of staccato sounds... pleasant enough but still too repetitive

"Lotus Flower" - some very odd sounding beats in a surprisingly conventional mid-tempo time signature... danceable and one of the better songs on the album

"Codex" - This is a surprise, a laid-back post-Kid A Radiohead ballad?

"Give up the Ghost" - another meh track, continues in the upbeat direction of "Codex", but it sounds like nothing new on the whole... so bored of distorted Thom Yorke vocals.

"Seperator" - Some interesting dissonances make this above-average for me, but still nothing close to what they are capable of. What a shame.

4/10

[Shaun]

yeah I gave it a bit of a ridiculous review in hindsight - I haven't felt compelled to listen to any of it again really.

I do like Codex and Separator though.