Shocking. This after the announcement of another new, slightly more official release from Radiohead. Sometime yesterday on the message board of Radiohead fan site At Ease, a track made itself apparent under the title, “These Are My Twisted Words”. Fans might be happy to know the mostly instrumental, mostly shimmering guitars, reverb-tinged track does not depart predecessor In Rainbows stylistically. I say “might” because if you’re a fan of Radiohead, who knows what makes you happy? We just assume if it’s Radiohead, you’ll like it.

Check out “These Are My Twisted Words” “after the jump”

[mp3] Radiohead – “These Are My Twisted Words”

Here’s the fun bit: the track’s source was embedded with the following cryptic message:

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iiiiiii radiohead – these are my twisted words iiiiiii
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iiii artist…….radiohead iiii
iiii title……..these are my twisted words iiii
iiii label……..?????????? iiii
iiii cat.nr…….????????? iiii
iiii style……..’dificult’ iiii
iiii nr of tracks.1 iiii
iiii total length..5.32 iiii
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iiii audio source.CD Advance iiii
iiii encoder……LAME 3.93 iiii
iiii quality……320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo iiii
iiii size………12,70 MB iiii
iiii ripper…….sca[GG]er iiii
iiii rls.date…..2009-08-17 iiii
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iiii i just wanted to reassure readers iiii
iiii that following representations iiii
iiii seeking confirmation iiii
iiii that before your very eyes iiii
iiii behind the wall of ice iiii
iiii that the box is not under threat iiii
iiii however they are set to remove iiii
iiii other boxes iiii
iiii in fact i have the list in front of me iiii
iiii i went to a briefing on their plans iiii
iiii and challenged them to tell me iiii
iiiii exactly what the cost would be iiiiiii
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iiiiiii they spoke in broad terms iiiiiiiiii
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iiiiiiiiiii we’re looking for: talented puppeteers iiiiiiiiiii
iiiiiiiiii worms, disgruntled executives, sacked flies iiiiiiiiii
iiiiiiii genres: doomcore, folktronica, ukf iiiiiiii
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Could the “box” in question be a record for future release? The listed release date of August 17th implies something is on the horizon. Ever the contrarian, Thom Yorke stated in a recent interview for The Believer that the band would ultimately avoid albums and focus on tracks and EPs. He also said that the band did in fact have a plan for the next release, even though he tries very hard to make it sound like there won’t even be a release. Jesus, Thom… whatever the case, something is happening in the Radiohead camp, and we’ll likely not know what exactly that is until they damn well feel like telling us.

[Images: Blue Photo/Painting, Reuters/Red Elephant]

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