Thom Yorke has today released his second solo album, 'Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes' - the first in eight years - via the somewhat unusual medium of BitTorrent.
The eight-track album is the follow-up to 'The Eraser' insofar as Yorke solo goes, although there have been two Radiohead albums in that period.
Yorke put out a joint statement with producer Nigel Godrich prior to dropping the new work, saying: “As an experiment we are using a new version of BitTorrent to distribute a new Thom Yorke record. The new Torrent files have a pay gate to access a bundle of files. The files can be anything, but in this case is an ‘album’...If it works well it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work. Enabling those people who make either music, video or any other kind of digital content to sell it themselves."
Described as an "experiment" by Yorke, the BitTorrent Bundle features 8 tracks and a music video and can be purchased on vinyl or downloaded as a BitTorrent bundle. The first track from the album, 'A Brain In A Bottle' below.
The download will cost BitTorrent users £3.68 for the 8 track album. Click here for link.
Tracklisting:
01. A Brain In A Bottle
02. Guess Again!
03. Interference
04. The Mother Lode
05. Truth Ray
06. There Is No Ice (For my Drink)
07. Pink Section
08. Nose Grows Some
Earlier this week Yorke had posted an image of the lyrics to Radiohead track 'A Wolf At The Door' with some new lines added, as well as linking to an image of a white vinyl 12-inch record playing on a turntable, leading to speculation that something was coming soon.
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