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Friday, September 10, 2021

Radiohead news

Radiohead will put out Kid A mnesia, a multiple format triple-album release on November 5 via XL Recordings. It collects the band's fourth and fifth albums alongside the debut of a newly compiled third disc titled Kid A mnesiae. Exclusive to this release, Kid A mnesiae is comprised of unearthed material culled from the Kid A/Amnesiac sessions.

Along with alternate versions and elements of Kid A and Amnesiac album tracks and B-Sides, Kid A mnesiae features the never-before-heard "If You Say the Word” (available now as a digital single) and a previously unreleased studio recording of "Follow Me Around.”

Listen to the former here: https://radiohead.ffm.to/if-you-say-the-word

LP track listing:

SIDE 1
LIKE SPINNING PLATES (‘WHY US?’ VERSION)
UNTITLED V1
FOG (AGAIN AGAIN VERSION)
IF YOU SAY THE WORD
FOLLOW ME AROUND

SIDE 2
PULK/PULL (TRUE LOVE WAITS VERSION)
UNTITLED V2
THE MORNING BELL (IN THE DARK VERSION)
PYRAMID STRINGS
ALT. FAST TRACK
UNTITLED V3
HOW TO DISAPPEAR INTO STRINGS

The full KID A MNESIA collection will be available in configurations including:

KID A MNESIA Deluxe LP — Limited edition 3xLP cream vinyl, half-speed cut on 180g – Kid A, Amnesiac, Kid Amnesiae + 36-page hardback art book

Kid Amnesiette — Limited, numbered edition of 5000, 2xCassette – Tape 1: Kid A / Amnesiac, Tape 2: Kid Amnesiae / 5x B-sides from the Kid A / Amnesiac era + 36-page booklet as well as indie exclusive limited edition red vinyl 3LP, black vinyl 3LP, 3xCD, and 3-volume digital formats.

Additionally, on the November 4 eve of KID A MNESIA’s release, Canongate will release two art books by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood cataloging the visual works created during the Kid A / Amnesiac era:

KID AMNESIA Art Book – a 300-page celebration of the process and artwork created for Kid A and Amnesiac.

FEAR STALKS THE LAND! – A B&W paperback in which Yorke and Donwood’s notes, lyrics and sketches are gathered together.

In related news: Sony PlayStation’s PlayStation Showcase, Radiohead and Epic Games revealed the KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION. You can see the teaser trailer here: https://youtu.be/OTn8XodTyck

KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION is an upside-down digital/analog universe created from Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood’s original artwork and audio design by Nigel Godrich. It commemorates the coming of age of Radiohead’s records, Kid A and Amnesiac.

Published by Epic Games and developed by Name The Machine and Arbitrarily Good Productions, KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION will be available to download in November, exclusively on PlayStation 5, and PC and Mac via the Epic Games Store.

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