Radiohead to return to studio after tour
In a year where Radiohead spent most of the time touring, news about an upcoming Radiohead album would be too good to be true. Then again, here’s some good news. Radiohead are determined to work on album #8 after the tour.
Radiohead have announced exclusively to 6 Music that they’re in the process of writing a new album. After losing to Elbow for the Mercury Music Prize on Tuesday night (9 September) they told 6 Music they’d taken time out of playing live to put new tracks down and would be heading to the studio in the near future.
Colin Greenwood said they’d be heading back into the studio when they’d completed their current world tour: “We’ve finished the main bulk of it and we’re off to Japan in a couple of weeks to finish it off.”
And fully enthused about writing new stuff, Ed O’Brien chimed in: “We’re still talking about doing some stuff and we’re really excited about it. First we came off tour to do some writing and we wanted to just carry on doing it because it was so brilliant.”
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40 Responses to “Radiohead to return to studio after tour”
xxxccc
September 12th, 2008
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
stifficus
September 12th, 2008
AWESOME!
New album also means another tour!
David Biddle
September 12th, 2008
uh david, not necessarily. kid a didn’t have a ‘tour’ per se. just a few select dates.
realplastic
September 12th, 2008
thanks for changing the misleading title
aaaaaaaa
September 12th, 2008
So basically nothing new, we already knew (from Ed) they’re going back to the studio in Nov., just shoddy journalism from the likes of Teletext and The-Fly that got us all excited for nothing.
Scott
September 12th, 2008
Ed O’Brien chimed in: “We’re still talking about doing some stuff”
ahem..”talking about”..their not actually doing anything atm. i’m sure after the US tour they are probably taking a break
and yeah they already said they planned on going back into the studio after the tour. Is this really news?
Dont expect another amnesiac type release
aislin
September 12th, 2008
I heard Thom and Ed are on such bad terms that they won’t even go into the studio at the same time?
kurtvonnegutsson
September 12th, 2008
don’t say that 
dody
September 12th, 2008
Aw, man! You smart ateasers stomped all over my excitement about a new album with your analysis and careful thinking. If only the mainstream US media were as smart as you guys/gals….
Adriaan, I had to reset my Safari browser again to see your home page. I don’t think this is normal.
Muldfeld
September 12th, 2008
ahggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
shut upppppppppppp
pantrus
September 12th, 2008
ITS NOT A BIG TRUCK
baby bowser
September 12th, 2008
so, no south america this year?
marc
September 12th, 2008
Great news
wonder what it will be like
air_towel
September 12th, 2008
I can just see Thom getting all pissy about this again. None of the band actually said the material was for an album, could be EPs or standalone singles etc
Pip
September 12th, 2008
I hope this isn’t a case of overconfidence leading to a rushed album – if they cn make it as perfect and timeless as In Rainbows I don’t mind them taking time over it.
spike
September 12th, 2008
What’s this nonsense about Ed and Thom not getting along? Going into the studio to lay down tracks does not typically signify much except they’re beginning to work on new stuff. This band, as we all know, takes its sweet time getting it right. Then again, maybe a new approach would yield interesting results, a more spontaneous album could be a good thing. I certainly would like to hear what a Radiohead album recorded in 2 weeks would sound like.
Mike
September 12th, 2008
They already have a few leftover songs (check the blackboard) that they could get down, also new material like Super Collider. Maybe they should do something different like a standalone single with a couple of b-sides.
performingmonkey
September 12th, 2008
No matter what happens. I hope they put more emphasis on recording next time around. In Rainbows sounded like Pro Tools sessions that were in held in someone’s basement (Nigel’s?) and I wasn’t particularly happy with a lot of Thom’s vocal takes on some of the songs either.
I’m hoping for a better “studio album” from my favorite band. Something a little stronger
luke
September 12th, 2008
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September 13th, 2008
…they should just come to NYC and give us a few concerts in a place [arena?] where I don’t have to stand for 14 hours listening to bands I don’t like in 90-plus degree weather in order to hold a spot to see The Greatest…
[...which I chose NOT to do.]
h_e_n_r_y
September 13th, 2008
I think they’re going to use the South American tour in March/April as a sort of deadline to have some stuff done and then test it out on tour, much like what they did in 2006. I think we’ll probably see a new album around this time next year. Possibly. Hopefully.
steve
September 13th, 2008
That’s good news ;D I’m gonna have a party!!!
Anne
September 13th, 2008
CRAZY AWESOME!!!
I like how Radiohead doesn’t keep anyone waiting an extremely long time for new material. I can’t believe In Rainbows was released almost a year ago! Time goes to fast.
optimisticweird_fish459
September 14th, 2008
^^^
Filler fan. Lol…
The rest of us have waited years for albums in the past.
Sean
September 14th, 2008
this is bullshit
wreckoner
September 14th, 2008
Is this a Live album?
Inspiral Carpets
September 14th, 2008
I WOULD LIKE “FOLLOW ME AROUND” IN THE NEW MATERIAL
ARESRORH
September 14th, 2008
i would prefer Big Boots, all the way… dreams, dreams, dreams.
sophy
September 15th, 2008
That’s great, I hope it is a full album and maybe just not a new single or EP. Either way, it will be enjoyable. Maybe another tour will be in the works too, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
Matt
September 15th, 2008
this is both fantastic and extremely disheartening news – they’re ready to create a new album, BUT WON’T BE TOURING AUSTRALIA!!!!! i’m going into the public toilets to cry…
pants guy threepwood
September 16th, 2008
“We’ve finished the main bulk of it…” The BBC writer was irresponsible not to make this clear!
Paul
September 16th, 2008
COME TO AUSTRALIA YOU FUCKS
stanard
September 22nd, 2008
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September 23rd, 2008
burn the witch, slave, super collider, big boots
Magic
September 27th, 2008
yes
but this means a tedious wait for Thom as he is somewhat a perfectionist
but i guess whatever they make will be worth the wait
david bell
October 2nd, 2008
A Parrots Nest or God
Magic
October 2nd, 2008
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January 20th, 2009
um the TOUR is almost finished, not the ALBUM. Please read the article again. They’re not going to Japan to finish the ALBUM.