Friday, September 11, 2009

new thom yorke solo tracks...

A live accoustic performance from 2005 of "FeelingPulledApartbyHorses", one of the two new tracks being released on September 21st under the frontman's solo moniker at the Radiohead's W.A.S.T.E. store:



Pretty stunning, I feel. This song looks like it has the potential to be an amazing single.

Apparently, the song has been kicking around since 2001. The track will feature Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood, but is being released on a new Thom Yorke double-a side vinyl release. The flipside will be a song titled "The Hollow Earth", which was started when he was recording his amazing 2006 solo album Eraser, but apparently required "time to develop". According to Thom, the lines between band projects and more solo-oriented work are blurring more and more, with ideas originating with the intention of band devlopement ending up in the solo creative sphere with any combination of band members and outside musicians involved, and vice versa. The band have also indicated that they won't be working on a traditional LP anytime in the immediate future, preferring to work on single tracks or possibly some EP-style projects. One idea thrown out by Yorke was the notion of an EP of his vocals accompanied by orchestral arrangements composed and arranged by Johhny and himself. OOOOOH. Is it likely that any of these new productions and products and projects and performances will be anyhing less than amazing? Not really, no.

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