In Rainbows
I guess we finally know what’s up with the 7th Radiohead album. After a lot of speculation (are they still on contract to Capitol/EMI? When will it be released? Will “Big Boots” or “Nude” be on it?), the band have announced the impending release of In Rainbows.
Of course, leave it to Oxford’s boys to make a simple album release announcement a much more interesting affair.
The album appears to be self-released by the band. Odd enough for a band this large, but not unheard of (see: Prince for example). Strangely though, it will be released first as a download only, on October 10th, followed by a hardback book/2xCD/2xvinyl /bonus tracks and artwork laden $80US monstrosity in December. Even stranger: They mention that the Discbox is made to order. Stranger still: you choose your own price for the download.
So. No label. Digital only initial release with no fixed price. Custom, made to order physical format 2 months later.
This should get interesting.
