Radiohead-The King Of Limbs
Published in Reviews
It’s been 4 years since RADIOHEAD released their last album IN RAINBOWS, in a pay-what-you-want format forever revolutionising the music industry as we knew it. So, the expectations when they said their latest album was going to be the world’s first newspaper album were obviously high. Clocking in at just around 37 minutes, this album is RADIOHEAD’s attempt at trying to find a mid-line between the old full length album format and the current trend of singles that run the industry. As stated by vocalist Thom Yorke “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-haa of a long-play record again. Not straight off. I mean, it's just become a real drag. It worked with IN RAINBOWS because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we have all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us." So what is a newspaper album you wonder? Well, the album packaging consists of two 10-inch vinyl records in a special record sleeve, many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork, a compact disc, and a colour piece of oxo-degradable plastic package. The name of the album is apparently inspired by a 1000 year old tree in Wiltshire’s Savernake forest. Artist Stanley Donwood says that the newspaper concept means that the music is meant to continue like a newspaper and not have a fixed ending. Also, the packaging is based on the idea that when you open a sunday newspaper, all these smaller supplements and special editions fall out which is represented by the bunch of different items in the packaging. Ever since OK computer, RADIOHEAD’s production quality has been top notch and this one doesn’t disappoint with producer Nigel Godrich taking the helms to create an engrossing and pristine sound to the album.
Kishore Krishna-Interview(On Album Launch)
Published in Interviews
IMR: Hi Kishore, thank you for taking time out to do this interview with IndianMusicRevolution. Also kudos for the release of your full-length debut album SNAKEISM!
Kishore Krishna: Well, I have got a lot of time on my hands and thanks.