Radiohead have admitted that they could throw out material for their new album if it doesn’t meet their standards.
Radiohead spent almost a decade drifting, until ‘In Rainbows’ suddenly revealed a new direction. Bringing together stylistic elements from nearly a decade of exploration, the album revealed a newly cohesive songwriting voice.
Released in 2007, the band were rewarded with enormous critical success. Since then, Radiohead have only released one off tracks such as last year’s tribute to the war veteran Harry Patch.
A recent interview with bass player Colin Greenwood revealed that Radiohead were working on new material. The musician seemed positive about the direction sessions were taking, and suggested that a release could be close.
However drummer Philip Selway has now entered the fray, and poured cold water on fans’ hopes. It seems that the sessions could still be thrown out, with Radiohead undecided on their new material.
“We’ve been working on material on and off for a year now,” he told The Canadian Press. Continuing, the drummer explained that the band were set to meet today (September 27th) and discuss the album.
“We’re basically taking stock on Monday and seeing what we need to do with the material to move it to those final stages.”
He added: “We might get back together on Monday and after discussing stuff we might just throw this all out and say maybe we need to go back to the drawing board. Who knows, as I say, it’s all up in the air at the moment.”
Philip Selway released his debut solo album ‘Familial’ earlier this year. Revealing a mature songwriting talent, the singer has arranged a series of Autumn tour dates including support slots with Wilco.
