Radiohead Start Recording New Album

Radiohead have started work on their eagerly anticipated seventh album.

Thom Yorke made the revelation on the band’s Dead Air Space, saying “We’ve started the record properly now. Staring to get somewhere I think. Finally.”

The comment was a footnote to an appeal by Yorke to get people to join the Big Ask campaign.

Yorke is calling for the government to reduce carbon emissions by 3% a year and to make it law, according to GIGWise.

"If you are concerned about climate change," he writes. "If it scares you speechless and wakes you in the night. If you are bothered about the flooding you keep seeing. Or those high winds.

"Or that there is something not quite right about the fact you're still walking round in a Tshirt in October.

"Please find out about the big ask campaign. www.thebigask.com

"We are hassling all MPs in the uk to write to our glorious leader and get a bill that commits us all to reducing carbon emissions 3percent a year. Its a start. It has to be law. Otherwise its never going to happen. And it has to."

Comments

[gallagher2006]

kickass roll on the new songs!

[niftycakedude]

Im so pumped. Radiohead is god

[Reliktunes]

Yes! cant wait

[andyscoot]

yeehaw, I LOVE RADIOHEAD, i bet the new album kicks ass

[tumples]

radiohead ftw, did anyone see top 100 albums? ok computer ftw

[Fargalas]

Radiohead was once good. But Thom Yorke seems like he's losing his touch, majorly. Or maybe he's just a total a--hole, because he is.

He complained that one of Bush's daughters appeared at a show, because he hates Bush. I'm no fan of Bush, but I wouldn't complain if Bush himself went to one of my concerts. Idiot.

[DoctorFu]

I'm off to bigask.com right now. What a great cause. Although I'd hate to have to say I agree with Al Gore.. Yuck.

[GrungePb]

man wtf, this is not the news i was expecting! Thom Yorke should start working on the new album rather than trying to rally up support for something that everyone knows is a problem, this album keeps getting pushed back!!

[how?!]

Cant wait: thats all I need to say

[GetTheGasoline]

YAY THOM! AND YAY AL GORE! KICK GLOBAL WARMINGS ASSSSS

[Mortigi Tempo]

Fargalas wrote:

Radiohead was once good. But Thom Yorke seems like he's losing his touch, majorly. Or maybe he's just a total a--hole, because he is.

He complained that one of Bush's daughters appeared at a show, because he hates Bush. I'm no fan of Bush, but I wouldn't complain if Bush himself went to one of my concerts. Idiot.

he was mainly concerned about how her security guards wee pushing other people out of the way so they could get to where they wanted and he wasnt angry he was just bemused that the daughters of someone he says is a 'moster' in one of his songs would like his music

anyway yay for new album there is hoipe for music after all

[Mortigi Tempo]

^ignore typoes its meant to be 'monster'

[DeShark]

GrungePb wrote:

man wtf, this is not the news i was expecting! Thom Yorke should start working on the new album rather than trying to rally up support for something that everyone knows is a problem, this album keeps getting pushed back!!

Absolutely! The new radiohead is *obviously* more important than the survival of mankind and the rest of the planet's life. I'm glad to see that some members have their priorities right!

[DeShark]

That should be
...new radiohead *album* is...
not
...new radiohead is...

[Josherstien]

so pumped, ive been waiting for this for so long

[rockstar18]

wooooo cant wait!

[#_of_the_beast]

I thought they changed their name to "The Carlyle Group"

[Jawkster]

charming indeed.

[Let it Happen]

what an idiot!! this guy doesn't know wtf he is talking about. i don't know why people like him who can strum a few chords suddenly think they can comment on whatever is going on and act as is they have some deep insight. shut the **** up Thom!! just stick to being the mediocre guitar player that you are. how does playing C G F Em suddenly give you great insight into the world's problems?

[bassplayer496]

Oh yay! I'm so excited.
~Love, Dallas~

[kryptonite22]

^ That's a really stupid comment. I would much rather people in his position get coverage based on support for a good cause than how many times they got drunk last week.

checked.

[frottage]

hmm, that's pretty gay.
what do they sound like anyway? it seems like everyone either loves them or hates them, but i've never heard them.

[oblique]

^He's not allowed to have an opinion? If you think global warming doesn't exist by now you've got to be fairly stupid, considering the vast majority of scientists and pretty much every reputable environmental organization has said it's a problem. And he music ability (which I think is amazing) has nothing to do with that- I wouldn't trust any opinon Yngwie Malmsteen has on global politics.

[pearljamfan66]

forget pearl jam, radiohead is my fav band

[AvErAgLyCrAzY]

Let it Happen wrote:

what an idiot!! this guy doesn't know wtf he is talking about. i don't know why people like him who can strum a few chords suddenly think they can comment on whatever is going on and act as is they have some deep insight. shut the **** up Thom!! just stick to being the mediocre guitar player that you are. how does playing C G F Em suddenly give you great insight into the world's problems?

You're an idiot buddy. It just doesnt get any stupider than you.

[lessthanweezer7]

Thom Yorke has this cool new idea, it's called the RIGHT TO AN OPINION.

The man is smart, and at least he's taking action along with what he's writing about. He's not like these bands that think they can write albumd about how bad the world is and still continue to drive their SUV's over their bomb shelters without ever trying to change anything.

[penis rash]

he said that because people will listen to what he says because his famouse and we like his music. And thst the best way to get the view out because we as the audience will isten.

P.S. RADIOHEAD ROCK

[Let it Happen]

oblique wrote:

^He's not allowed to have an opinion? If you think global warming doesn't exist by now you've got to be fairly stupid, considering the vast majority of scientists and pretty much every reputable environmental organization has said it's a problem. And he music ability (which I think is amazing) has nothing to do with that- I wouldn't trust any opinon Yngwie Malmsteen has on global politics.

i'm sure all the scientists in 1000 AD thought the world was flat, but they couldn't have been more wrong. same with global warming, it's bs. i suppose you believe in evolution too... open your eyes brother!

[Goddamnit]

from what I've heard of the new material all over Youtube, this album is going to be some of their best work. Can't wait

[Mild Vibe]

Can't wait for it.

Radiohead is teh shizzle!

[kryptonite22]

Let it Happen wrote:

i'm sure all the scientists in 1000 AD thought the world was flat, but they couldn't have been more wrong.

yeah but that was largely based on opinion, they had no idea what they were talking about. it was just an assumption. based on the fact that ice caps are melting, id say we're probably right about this one. whatever, we should look after the planet anyway.

[sgiblin]

Do you think Radiohead is helping global warming by riding in airplanes or buses to every show? Until they stop touring worldwide and wasting more gas in a year than most regular people do ever then he has no room to speak. Stop touring if you want to help global warming. The earth goes through cycles just like everything else ever.

[roythereaper]

Well I wear shorts and t-shirt all through winter, but that's Newcastle for you. It's still good to see he's taking an interest though.

Not a huge fan of Radiohead, but I'll be giving the new album a try.

[oblique]

Let it Happen wrote:
he world was flat, but they couldn't have been more wrong. same with global warming, it's bs. i suppose you believe in evolution too... open your eyes brother!

Hahaha. The obvious difference is now there's the scientific method and experiments and peer review, meaning that any theory accepted by the scientific community, while always open for change or being disproven, is supported by large amounts of evidence. The evolution comment sort of kills your credibility anyway.

[Let it Happen]

oblique wrote:

Let it Happen wrote:
he world was flat, but they couldn't have been more wrong. same with global warming, it's bs. i suppose you believe in evolution too... open your eyes brother!


Hahaha. The obvious difference is now there's the scientific method and experiments and peer review, meaning that any theory accepted by the scientific community, while always open for change or being disproven, is supported by large amounts of evidence. The evolution comment sort of kills your credibility anyway.

so, we evolved from monkeys, right? so there's a steady progression from monkey to human. which means there should be trillions of missing links walking around. but there are none, not even one in 150 years of looking. based on this, the only other way we could of evolved from monkeys is two monkeys get it on and produce a human (some actually believe this) that's NO EVIDENCE, espescially for something that is just taken as fact. so evolution is the biggest peice of bullshit ever. CASE CLOSED!!!! I WIN!!! I WIN!!!! accept it or keep believing the lie. by the way, you can't apply the scientific method to evolution. you can't keep monkeys in a cage for billions of years and see what happens.

sgiblin wrote:

Do you think Radiohead is helping global warming by riding in airplanes or buses to every show? Until they stop touring worldwide and wasting more gas in a year than most regular people do ever then he has no room to speak. Stop touring if you want to help global warming. The earth goes through cycles just like everything else ever.

Amen.except there is no global warming, but other than that, I agree.

[oblique]

Oh shit, you don't know what evolution is.

We didn't evolve from monkeys. Millions of years ago, we had a common ancestor with apes, which split off into groups that evolved into modern monkeys and humans. That's putting it really simply, look it up or ask a biology teacher for more info. And yes, natural selection has been observed- there are species of moths that within a few generations of different conditions change color to blend into their environment. Combine that with mutations, which we know exist, bam. Evolution.

[D-Fens]

Let it Happen wrote:
so, we evolved from monkeys, right? so there's a steady progression from monkey to human. which means there should be trillions of missing links walking around. but there are none, not even one in 150 years of looking. based on this, the only other way we could of evolved from monkeys is two monkeys get it on and produce a human (some actually believe this) that's NO EVIDENCE, espescially for something that is just taken as fact. so evolution is the biggest peice of bullshit ever. CASE CLOSED!!!! I WIN!!! I WIN!!!! accept it or keep believing the lie. by the way, you can't apply the scientific method to evolution. you can't keep monkeys in a cage for billions of years and see what happens.

Amen.except there is no global warming, but other than that, I agree

you are too goddamn stupid for words my dear friend.

And Thom has a right to say what he says. he's not telling you what to do, he's just asking if you'd like to help the global warming problem get solved.

[oblique]

^It's not entirely his fault, unless he's still in 6th grade there's no excuse for his school allowing him to think that evolution means that people appeared from monkeys getting it on.

[rob0738]

yes! : very happy...and Thome's the man for trying to stop the environment from being destroyed!!

[Yagushgi]

Hey, stupid question, but I heard a rumor that Radiohead are subtley white-supremesists.

[oblique]

^ Um, I highly doubt that... that's sort of a running joke cause they never tour south america but it's not actually true.

[Draken]

Hope that, Videotape, Down is the new up, bangers and mash, 15 step, open pick, arppegi, spooks, etc will be on the album.

[Draken]

"what an idiot!! this guy doesn't know wtf he is talking about. i don't know why people like him who can strum a few chords suddenly think they can comment on whatever is going on and act as is they have some deep insight. shut the **** up Thom!! just stick to being the mediocre guitar player that you are. how does playing C G F Em suddenly give you great insight into the world's problems?"

He's a fantastic Lyricist and Songwriter and you obviously haven't heard enough of his guitar playing.

[theDOORS123]

it seems like theyve been recording this album for forever....

eh,

its still gonna be kick-ass

[Gibson0726]

new album means another tour, **** yeah.

2 and 2 always makes a 5

[Pan-Tallica]

Checked.

[that1l)ude]

they said in a interview they were going back to guitar based rock so im ready for the new one.

what an idiot!! this guy doesn't know wtf he is talking about. i don't know why people like him who can strum a few chords suddenly think they can comment on whatever is going on and act as is they have some deep insight. shut the **** up Thom!! just stick to being the mediocre guitar player that you are. how does playing C G F Em suddenly give you great insight into the world's problems?

Lol your an idiot hes not trying to be a good guitar player. hes a singer. he plays guitar because the songs they play calls for it. and just because hes not the worlds greatest guitar player doesnt mean he doesnt have the right to try to pass a law in England.

[Draken]

theDOORS123 wrote:

it seems like theyve been recording this album for forever....

eh,

its still gonna be kick-ass

I want to know what they did all summer when they were in that studio, bastards making me hope for an autumn release, i bet it won't be out till '07

[fattyDQ]

radiohead has gotten way too emo

[RustedFox]

I just hope that the new album is a "rock" album, and not a "let's feed some music through eleveteen computers and put what comes out on record" album.

I miss the old radiohead, when they played rock.

[erotic sweaters]

oh Jesus let it happen. You are really stupid. I'm sorry man. But shit. if you don't know what the **** you're taking about, don't try to pretend that you do.

[Let it Happen]

oblique wrote:

Oh shit, you don't know what evolution is.

We didn't evolve from monkeys. Millions of years ago, we had a common ancestor with apes, which split off into groups that evolved into modern monkeys and humans. That's putting it really simply, look it up or ask a biology teacher for more info. And yes, natural selection has been observed- there are species of moths that within a few generations of different conditions change color to blend into their environment. Combine that with mutations, which we know exist, bam. Evolution.

you still didn't account for the missing links. so apes split into monkeys and humans. so there should be millions of missing links between apes and humans. but there are none. ask your biology teacher about that, my friend. she'll say something like this "well, um, we've only been searching for like 150 years, and um, the fossil records... i went to grad school, and um, um...dammit, i knew i've been living a lie!!" Darwin himself said that he needed many missing links to even make his theory viable (from the conclusion of Origin of Species) . sadly for him, there were none.
I believe in the Big bang theory too... God said it, and BANG it happened...

[Parker731]

sweet new album and i agree on lowering emmisions

[oblique]

^Just admit you don't know anything about evolution. Fossils are only found under specific geological conditions- out of the billions of organisms that have lived on earth, only a tiny percentage of those have left fossils. To expect there to be fossils for every organism ever is silly and narrow minded. And there are direct fossil links for the evolution from whales to dogs and other species.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6522090/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_foss
ils

Sorry for being completely off topic, this should probably be in some thread in the pit.

[wingedgopher]

a good cause and a great band

[Havenspear]

Hahaha, I like how this went from Radiohead to Global Warming to Evolution.

I'm pretty exited, I've been getting more and more into them lately.

[SURFraptor7]

I've been freezing my balls off for the past week, so I have no idea what this retard is talking about...

[Fret and Worry]

It has been estimated that only 1 bone in a billion is ever fossilised, and then we have to find it. It is perfectly natural and expected that there are gaps in the fossil record.

LET IT HAPPEN really, really needs to read up on evolution.

[I_Dont_Know]

...That retard who says evolution doesn't exist, and says some guy said "bang" and everything came into place exists... no comment.

and whoever said radiohead has bad guitar... they have one of the greatest guitarists, he's amazing, and maybe he can't go all shredding, but shredding isn't everything, how would you like to hear a shred for a whole entire song, how would the singer sing? they would just hit each other and collapse.

[sonixon]

I love Radiohead and everything Yorke stands for.

Godspeed.

[justinhawkins]

to those who think that thom is a bad guitarist, i would love to see some of you write songs like him. to the evolution guy... it's funny that you're that religious with a name that implies date rape.

[Mr. Kashmir]

Radiohead> all of you.

That is all.

[DaliLama]

Radiohead's great, it's about time

[Slurgi]

*sigh*

The mass ignorance regarding evolution and global warming saddens me. Maybe try reading scientific journals, or at the very least study the subject in college from professors doing research in the field before you form opinions based on nothing.

Evolution happened and still happens. Global warming happened and still happens. I've not met a single professor in any department in all the years I've spent with the faculty at my college (Iowa State University) that disagreed with either evolution or global warming.

Anyway, on to the real topic. I love Radiohead, so I hope their new album lives up to what I hope it to be. I hope they try moving away from their electronic stuff and move more towards 'The Bends'. Great album.

[SURFraptor7]

"Or that there is something not quite right about the fact you're still walking round in a Tshirt in October.

I've been freezing my balls off all week wearing jeans and sweatshirts, so I have NO IDEA what this retard is talking about...

[bountykilla]

hell yes. my favourite band EVER. i cant wait to hear their new stuff. you can hear a few new tracks on www.myspace.com/rhfans in the flash mp3 player and theyr all awesome srsly. listen to 15 step

[Hops44]

Its about time.

[JimmehHunter]

radiohead are gods amongst men

[str84ever]

Let it Happen wrote:

oblique wrote:

Let it Happen wrote:
he world was flat, but they couldn't have been more wrong. same with global warming, it's bs. i suppose you believe in evolution too... open your eyes brother!


Hahaha. The obvious difference is now there's the scientific method and experiments and peer review, meaning that any theory accepted by the scientific community, while always open for change or being disproven, is supported by large amounts of evidence. The evolution comment sort of kills your credibility anyway.

so, we evolved from monkeys, right? so there's a steady progression from monkey to human. which means there should be trillions of missing links walking around. but there are none, not even one in 150 years of looking. based on this, the only other way we could of evolved from monkeys is two monkeys get it on and produce a human (some actually believe this) that's NO EVIDENCE, espescially for something that is just taken as fact. so evolution is the biggest peice of bullshit ever. CASE CLOSED!!!! I WIN!!! I WIN!!!! accept it or keep believing the lie. by the way, you can't apply the scientific method to evolution. you can't keep monkeys in a cage for billions of years and see what happens.sgiblin wrote:

Do you think Radiohead is helping global warming by riding in airplanes or buses to every show? Until they stop touring worldwide and wasting more gas in a year than most regular people do ever then he has no room to speak. Stop touring if you want to help global warming. The earth goes through cycles just like everything else ever.


Amen.except there is no global warming, but other than that, I agree.

please do urself a favour and be quiet

everyone is entitled to their own opinion there is no proof of the bibles creation either dumbass its just words on a page.
And actually there is proof for evolution, the idea that humans evolved from apes is possibly, but at least get ur facts right.

[Mcassidy42]

This is going to pwn.

[mick19972004]

so, we evolved from monkeys, right? so there's a steady progression from monkey to human. which means there should be trillions of missing links walking around. but there are none, not even one in 150 years of looking. based on this, the only other way we could of evolved from monkeys is two monkeys get it on and produce a human (some actually believe this) that's NO EVIDENCE, espescially for something that is just taken as fact. so evolution is the biggest peice of bullshit ever. CASE CLOSED!!!! I WIN!!! I WIN!!!! accept it or keep believing the lie. by the way, you can't apply the scientific method to evolution. you can't keep monkeys in a cage for billions of years and see what happens.

Reply: Wake up and smell the coco beans, monkey-boy, there is evidence of several, several missing links. If only people like you would read something other than that dusty old tome you call ‘the bible’ you might actually learn something. Oh yeah, and while we’re on the subject: where’s the tablet God gave Moses, baring the Ten Commandments? Oh yeah, that’s right – Moses, whilst making his way down the mountain, lost his temper and broke it in a fit of rage. Yow ho! The Supreme-being hands you the only solid/tangible evidence of his existence and what do you do? Break it?! RASP!! Tell us another one, for frik sake.