Radiohead drops new album early, as in now, plus 'Lotus Flower' music video

Watch the new clip from 'The King of Limbs': Is Thom Yorke the king?

By Katie Hasty Friday, Feb 18, 2011 9:59 AM

Radiohead's new 2011 promo photo

When Radiohead's ready to drop new music, we've learned, they don't really wanna hold back.

The British band has decided to unleash its new album "The King of Limbs" a day early.

"With everything ready on their website, the band decided to bring forward the release rather than wait until the previously announced date of Saturday, Feb 19 to deliver the music," read a release.

For those who already pre-ordered the set, you're download can be accessed through TKOL site. Those who wish to order today will get there's today as well.

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In celebration, Thom Yorke puts his hands together in the music video to new track "Lotus Flower," below. For all the video-making innovations that Radiohead's used in clips past, this one is relatively lo-fi, featuring Yorke alone, in black and white, getting his groove on the only way that Yorke knows how. In other words, his legs and arms and head go everywhere. And he's in a funny hat. Perhaps it is he who is the King of Limbs?

The super-deluxe, made-to-order "Newpaper Album" version of the release will be out May 9; regular CD and vinyl will hit shelves March 29 in the U.S.

A review of the album is forthcoming. Meanwhile, what are your first thoughts on the set?

Katie Hasty
Managing Editor

After five years as a columnist and editor at Billboard, Katie Hasty joined HitFix in 2009 for music and film reporting out of New York. The Midwest native has worked as a writer, music promoter and in A&R since 1999 and performs with her band Numbers And Letters.

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cashlaw

listening now, fucking best band in the world
February 18, 2011 at 11:50AM EST Reply to Comment
yourblindspot

I am really enjoying it so far. It's arguably the mellowest record overall that we've seen from them, and probably the shortest, but not inordinately so, and what's there is solid and lovely and tight as a duck's arse.
February 18, 2011 at 1:52PM EST Reply to Comment
Stormshadow4life

I fell asleep listening to that song....
February 18, 2011 at 2:16PM EST Reply to Comment
hyacinthbloom

They are really amazing. A pay-only-as-you-want music model was almost unheard of before 2007. That year, Radiohead released its album under exactly that model. Radiohead's newest launch, "The King of Limbs" is launched online. The payment for this album, however, is set. Fans first said that the album had been "leaked" on media-sharing site Mediafire. The official launch, however, was the connection.

February 25, 2011 at 4:05AM EST Reply to Comment