Radiohead touring in 2016

[FloorFiller]

seen a lot of 'their best album since Kid A's being thrown about, and though the album is undeniably strong, did these people not listen to In Rainbows!?

and they've like... got to have a string section or something accompanying them when touring this, right? almost every song is absolutely jam packed with huge orchestration. must've been something to those rumours way back when the Roudhouse shows got announced

Just now, DR OK said:

Is glasto on next year? Thought it was a fallow year?

2018 is the fallow year

[brettredmayne]

Just now, DR OK said:

Is glasto on next year? Thought it was a fallow year?

It's on in 2017

Edited May 8, 2016 by brettredmayne

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

seen a lot of 'their best album since Kid A's being thrown about, and though the album is undeniably strong, did these people not listen to In Rainbows!?

and they've like... got to have a string section or something accompanying them when touring this, right? almost every song is absolutely jam packed with huge orchestration. must've been something to those rumours way back when the Roudhouse shows got announced

2018 is the fallow year

Or 2019, depending on how planning for the new 'event' go.

[cokebabies92]

It might be the hangover but I just cried like a little baby to true love waits, what an incredible album!

[PastRecedes]

1 minute ago, cokebabies92 said:

It might be the hangover but I just cried like a little baby to true love waits, what an incredible album!

I was also close to tears

[jparx]

Just now, cokebabies92 said:

It might be the hangover but I just cried like a little baby to true love waits, what an incredible album!

I'm with you completely. It's almost suffocating.

That track is a weird one though. If we hadn't spent all these years listening to the live acoustic version (which is one of my favourite songs of all time), I would say True Love Waits is hands down the best track on the album. It's fucking stunning. Words can't do it justice. But I'll always prefer the acoustic version and it just makes me feel a bit weird that they have finally released an album version. Don't quite know what to make of it. But what an amazing way to end an album though.

 

[cammie81]

I can't decide what to buy:

Digital album only

Digitsl album then CD

Special edition

Not sure if I can justify £50 extra for two tracks, two vinyls that I can't play and a case  that I can't fit on my CD rack. Hope they release bonus tracks in the future.

Need to listen before Roundhouse but really want CD. Shoplifting seems like the most plausible solution as it stands.

 

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, cammie81 said:

I can't decide what to buy:

Digital album only

Digitsl album then CD

Special edition

Not sure if I can justify £50 extra for two tracks, two vinyls that I can't play and a case  that I can't fit on my CD rack. Hope they release bonus tracks in the future.

Need to listen before Roundhouse but really want CD. Shoplifting seems like the most plausible solution as it stands.

 

been hovering over the 'buy' button for the special edition since i finished the album. it's pointless. i'll get exactly the same benefits as i would from the regular CD. but i want it i want it i want it!

[cammie81]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

been hovering over the 'buy' button for the special edition since i finished the album. it's pointless. i'll get exactly the same benefits as i would from the regular CD. but i want it i want it i want it!

2 extra tracks and digital version now. Artwork I couldn't care less about and vinyl useless to me but still thinking I'm leanin towards getting it.

Edited May 8, 2016 by cammie81
The word now, as in now 27, what a compilation.

[SwedgeAntilles]

Gone for the vinyl myself. Money's a bit too tight between now and Glastonbury to splash out on the special editions.

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Gone for the vinyl myself. Money's a bit too tight between now and Glastonbury to splash out on the special editions.

yeah i know that i'll be thinking come Glastonbury time 'shit i really could've done with that £50' - especially as i won't even get the bastard thing until September! - but after a few more listens tomorrow i can definitely see myself falling in to the 'fuck it' bracket and buying it

[cammie81]

1 minute ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Gone for the vinyl myself. Money's a bit too tight between now and Glastonbury to splash out on the special editions.

Should have taken me up on my "split the special edition" offer. I'd even make copies of bonus CD.

[Guy Incognito]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Gone for the vinyl myself. Money's a bit too tight between now and Glastonbury to splash out on the special editions.

Same here. The special edition seems like a really nice overall package but not enough additions musically to make me fork out £60

[Wooderson]

The white vinyl will be sought after.

[FloorFiller]

p.s. i am so stoked to listen to this more tomorrow and then make a dream setlist which can finally include the new album songs  although whittling it down to 24 is gonna be hardddd

[SwedgeAntilles]

5 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

yeah i know that i'll be thinking come Glastonbury time 'shit i really could've done with that £50' - especially as i won't even get the bastard thing until September! - but after a few more listens tomorrow i can definitely see myself falling in to the 'fuck it' bracket and buying it

Although;

"Each loop contains about ¾ of a second of audio - which could be from any era in the band's recording past going back to Kid A. You may have silence, you may have coloured leader tape, you may have a chorus... It's a crapshoot."

ARRRGGHH!

[brettredmayne]

20 days till I see them 

[cammie81]

3 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

The white vinyl will be sought after.

So if I buy the special edition, can I sell the vinyl on viagogo for £1k+?

Obiviously i'd have to meet the buyer in person though which would be awkward

Edited May 8, 2016 by cammie81
Mutliple seplling mitsakes.

[Wooderson]

1 minute ago, cammie81 said:

So if I buy the special edition, can I sell the vinyl on viagogo for £1k+?

Obiviously is have to meet the buyer in person though which would be akward.

?

[T-Mouse]

I hope the rumour about two acts at the roundhouse is true. The mere thought of them performing this in full with a full orchestra is making me weak at the knees. 

Edited May 8, 2016 by T-Mouse

[FloorFiller]

Just now, Wooderson said:

?

people are reselling Radiohead tickets for upwards of a grand, but because of the rules and restrictions with photo ID it means they'd have to meet the person they've swindled at the gig and walk in with them

Just now, T-Mouse said:

I hope the rumours about two acts at the roundhouse is true. The mere thought of them performing this in full with a full orchestra is making me weak at the knees. 

yep that would be so so good. new album in full/select orchestral songs from their catalogue for one set, straight up Radiohead set for the other

[cammie81]

1 minute ago, Wooderson said:

?

Sorry, bad reference to the touts selling roundhouse tickets.

[jparx]

Finally finished it all, had some cereal and a cuppa, and here are my thoughts:
 

It's a phenomenal record. Quite how phenomenal I'm not sure. Obviously it needs hundreds more listens. It's instantly in their top 4 albums though.

My instant reaction is that it's the most mature and emotional album they have released yet. It's so dense and almost suffocating in places. There's so much going on that it's hard to wrap your head around it. 

I don't think I've ever felt anything quite as extraordinary listening to a record as I did during True Love Waits. 

[cammie81]

Unsure if anyone has been brave enough to compare it to In Rainbows yet.

Not heard it yet but I'll dive in. A Moon Shaped Pool is more recent.

 

[ghostdancer1]

27 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

 

and they've like... got to have a string section or something accompanying them when touring this, right? almost every song is absolutely jam packed with huge orchestration. must've been something to those rumours way back when the Roudhouse shows got announced

depends on what they play live really. for The Roundhouse i can see them having a string section and doing a lot of the album. for festivals, I could see them only playing a few that don't rely on strings so much (eg. Ful Stop, Identikit, Present Tense), and a mix of previous stuff.