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I was listening to Radiohead's The King of Limbs on my way to work this morning and thinking to myself that whenever I listen to the album I always find myself wishing there was more of it. And then I wondered if that weren't just a euphemism for me wishing there was just one song on it that I loved loved. Oh I like several of them quite a bit, but if I were listing my favorite Radiohead songs I'm not sure just how high TKOL's best tracks - "Codex," "Separator" and "Lotus Flower"? - would place. But if you take their last album In Rainbows there are at least four songs - "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" and "Reckoner" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" and the heart-swelling "All I Need" - that'd easily rank crazy high. I guess it's true that TKOL is just a more laid-back sorta beast; less inclined to hook than to gently pulse. But still. I like Thom best when he stirs my insides.
Anyway we appear to be getting a little more after all, if you count a series of official remixes as such. Maybe they'll manage to up the drama a little bit? Pitchfork reports:
"On July 4, Radiohead kick off a series of limited edition 12" releases featuring remixes from their latest album, this year's The King of Limbs. The first 12" contains Caribou's remix of "Little by Little" backed by Jacques Greene's take on "Lotus Flower".
XL and Ticker Tape will be handling the releases, which will come out throughout the coming summer via independent record stores and Radiohead's website (for audio junkies, WAV files of the remixes will also be available from Boomkat and Radiohead's site)."
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