this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in the background that i have not told you about.
its called The Eraser.
nigel produced & arranged it .
i wrote and played it.
the elements have been kicking round now for a few years and needed to be finished & i have been itching to do something like this for ages.
it was fun and quick to do.
inevitably it is more beats & electronics.
but its songs.
stanley did the cover.
yes its a record!
no its not a radiohead record.
as you know the band are now touring and writing new stuff and getting to a good space so i want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah...
this was all done with their blessing. and i don't wanna hear that word solo. doesnt sound right.
ok then thats that.

i think its out in july and im pretty certain XL are going to put it out.

love thom

http://www.theeraser.co.uk

Obviously.

http://www.ateaseweb.com/news/archive/2 ... es_tra.php

Thom Yorke's track for A Scanner Darkly

The earlier reported track Thom Yorke made available for the film 'A Scanner Darkly' is called 'Black Swan'.

In film magazine Premiere, there is an interview with director Richard Linklater about his upcoming film. The director was asked if he got the Radiohead song he wanted.

Linklater said: "Thom Yorke is letting us use a great song off his new album for the closing credits, "Black Swan." It has a chorus, "because it's fucked up," that will never get airplay.

Thom Yorke solo album
Radiohead frontman to release 'The Eraser' in July

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is set to release a solo album in July, it has emerged.

In a dramatic statement Yorke said the album would be called 'The Eraser' and that its "elements have been kicking round now for a few years." Just last night (May 12), Radiohead kicked off the UK leg of their European tour, giving fans a taste of six tracks from the forthcoming new Radiohead album.

Yorke's solo album will be produced by long-time band producer Nigel Godrich[/b]. According to the statement - which was released to respected Radiohead fan site www.ateaseweb.com - Yorke wrote at the tracks and played all instruments. "I have been itching to do something like this for ages," he said. " It was fun and quick to do. Inevitably it is more beats & electronics. But its songs. Stanley [Donwood - Radiohead's cover artist] did the cover. Yes its a record! No its not a radiohead record. As you know the band are now touring and writing new stuff and getting to a good space." Yorke also headed off any speculation about the record signalling problems within the band. "I want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah... this was all done with their blessing. And I don't wanna hear that word solo. Doesnt sound right. Ok then thats that." He added that XL - the White Stripes UK label - would put out the album. [a]Radiohead play Blackpool's Empress Ballroom again tonight (May 13)

we'll have to wait and see

what will be released first? Radiohead or Thom?

Awesome, if it is a cd full of songs that sound like The Gloaming, and Pulk/pull, I will be very happy.

Unless they miraculously record and release the new Radiohead album in under six weeks then I'm guessing it will be The Eraser in July.

HUZZAH

sorry, missed the " think its out in july" part

this will be amazing.

there is no question that this will be amazing.

Agreed. The Gloaming was one of my favorite tracks on HTTT.

This implies that the experimental electronic direction of Radiohead was mostly Thom's thing, which is a little dissapointing. If Thom had to use a solo outlet for this creative side of him, what will the new RH be like?

I just hope this long protracted on and off studio/writing period ends up making something wonderful and shocking, like Kid A was at the time.

I'm sure the glitchy aspect of Radiohead will still be apparent on the new record.

Logic would tell you that it would be like OK Computer.

Actually thinking about it, Johnny Greenwood is the best thing about RH, so this could be a little dissapointing. Still excited though.

Johnny is amazing, no doubt, but you can't deny that Thom writes some amazing lyrics. That's one of the things I'm excited about.

Honestly, I've only ever cared for a small portion of their lyrics, the music is the good part. "Yesterday I woke up sucking on lemon." Not really that good. But Thom's voice is good, yes.