Radiohead are certainly at a point where actual press releases are mostly superfluous, given that they can spontaneously release a new album and their rabid fans will be on it faster than an actual rabid fan on an exposed piece of red meat. The band could have let the pheromones from Thom Yorke’s operational brainpower transmit details about a new album atmospherically, but instead, they’ve resorted to something a little less (but still) subtle: an update to their PolyFauna app, which was originally released back in February for the sake of showcasing the sounds and images of their 2011 album The King of Limbs. Have you downloaded PolyFauna? I haven’t, because my phone still requires what they call a “flip” motion, but have you?
The app, which was inspired by the work surrounding Björk’s Biophilia, now features “all-new” soundscapes and Yorke harmonies + crazy new landscape imagery. There’s nothing definitively linking this update to work on a new album, but hearken back to when Jonny Greenwood talked about “starting up,” playing, rehearsing, and recording in September (a.k.a. now), and you have what might be too much of a coincidence. Look deeeeeep into the app… are those two chicks making out?!
Check out Yorke’s Twitter for some recently tweeted PolyFauna images.
• Radiohead: http://www.radiohead.com
• PolyFauna: http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/140211/PolyFauna
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