Thom Solo !!!

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That Eraser site I linked to last week that I found on Radiohead's blog and couldn't make sense of?

Well, it seems that Thom Yorke's got a solo album coming out this summer (July 11th to be exact - right in time for my birthday!) called The Eraser. Or, at least, that's what the news seems to be.

From Stereogum:

We've been keeping an eye on theeraser.net, which Thom Yorke linked to on his blog Thursday.

And while we did get a heads up about an exciting Radiohead announcement coming today, we thought this post on Green Plastic was a hoax:

We received this message from W.A.S.T.E. tonight. It confirms the rumors that Thom has made an album:

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

NME says it's legit. We'll keep you posted!

UPDATE: July 11th is the release date. Here's the tracklist.

01 the eraser
02 analyse
03 the clock
04 black swan
05 skip divided
06 atoms for peace
07 and it rained all night
08 harrowdown hill
09 cymbal rush