Ok, it’s not movie related, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t engage in the cultural dialogue that is the new Radiohead album that is causing a shitstorm on the Internetz. It’s called In Rainbows (nice cheery title, boys), it’s got 10 tracks and it available as a digital download on their site in 9 days (Oct 10). Physical “discobox” sets that come with a total of 18 songs (there’s a bonus disk) artwork, lyrics and all kinds of doo-dads ships December 3rd.
The majority of In Rainbows’ songs are already up on YouTube. Here’s a sample.
Videotape
Jigsaw Falling Into Place (formerly known as Open Pick)
Four Minute Warning
House Of Cards
YouTube clips where applicable below in the tracklist.
CD one
01 15 STEP
02 BODYSNATCHERS
03 NUDE
04 WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
05 ALL I NEED
06 FAUST ARP
07 RECKONER
08 HOUSE OF CARDS
09 JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
10 VIDEOTAPE
CD two
01 MK 1
02 DOWN IS THE NEW UP
03 GO SLOWLY
04 MK 2
05 LAST FLOWERS
06 UP ON THE LADDER
07 BANGERS AND MASH
08 4 MINUTE WARNING
Perhaps the tenuous excuse we have here is that Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has composed the score to Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, “There Will Be Blood,” which comes out December 26. A friend of ours just saw the film and called it “unbelievable.” We’re psyched. Variety has already reviewed the film and its score; they write:
Essential to the success of the movie is the original score by Jonny Greenwood, the Radiohead guitarist and BBC composer in residence. In addition to some uniquely haunting orchestral arrangements, there’s this insistent string motif that sounds like the buzzing of an insect inside one’s head, a sound that grows louder and more unavoidably distressing whenever soulless events are about to occur. Greenwood’s astonishing score is sure to be one of the most remarked-on aspects of the movie.