Thom Yorke - The eraser

22.03.2006 - 00:18

Tom York macht ne Soloplatte; weiss jemand etwas darüber?

22.03.2006 - 00:22

wer is das?

22.03.2006 - 00:22

Bis auf diesen Umstand ist ja nicht mehr darüber bekannt.

22.03.2006 - 01:08

reine spekulation: Tom York will sich auf dem album Thom Yorke nennen.

22.03.2006 - 06:33

Pitchfork hat was in der Richtung geschrieben, aber ich glaub's nicht.

22.03.2006 - 11:14

warum?

13.05.2006 - 13:19

"this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in the background that i have not told you about.
its called The Eraser.
nigel produced & arranged it .
i wrote and played it.
the elements have been kicking round now for a few years and needed to be finished & i have been itching to do something like this for ages.
it was fun and quick to do.
inevitably it is more beats & electronics.
but its songs.
stanley did the cover.
yes its a record!
no its not a radiohead record.
as you know the band are now touring and writing new stuff and getting to a good space so i want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah...
this was all done with their blessing. and i don't wanna hear that word solo. doesnt sound right.
ok then thats that.

i think its out in july and im pretty certain XL are going to put it out.

love thom"

13.05.2006 - 13:21

Tja so wie es aussieht gibt im Juli das erste Soloalbum von Thom Yorke:

this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in the background that i have not told you about.
its called The Eraser.
nigel produced & arranged it .
i wrote and played it.
the elements have been kicking round now for a few years and needed to be finished & i have been itching to do something like this for ages.
it was fun and quick to do.
inevitably it is more beats & electronics.
but its songs.
stanley did the cover.
yes its a record!
no its not a radiohead record.
as you know the band are now touring and writing new stuff and getting to a good space so i want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah...
this was all done with their blessing. and i don't wanna hear that word solo. doesnt sound right.
ok then thats that.

i think its out in july and im pretty certain XL are going to put it out.

love thom

13.05.2006 - 13:24

Mist zu langsam, aber kuckst du: http://www.theeraser.co.uk/

13.05.2006 - 13:27

Da bin ich ja mal gespannt. Klar ist aber, dass man von Thom Yorke nicht so'n Akustikgitarrending erwarten sollte wie von anderen Bandleadern, die auf Solo machen. (Oh, sollte "Solo" ja nicht sagen, doesn't sound right)

13.05.2006 - 13:39

ich liebe dich thom

13.05.2006 - 13:40

Mehr als Bill?

13.05.2006 - 13:43

hey, ich bin ein seriöser user. aber ich liebe thom yorke!

13.05.2006 - 13:43

achso, tokio hotel....hahahaha....nein, nicht mehr als bill^^

13.05.2006 - 13:43

achso, tokio hotel....hahahaha....nein, nicht mehr als bill^^

13.05.2006 - 15:25

Jesus, damit rechnete ich nunmal gar nicht. Interessant.

13.05.2006 - 15:30

benutz doch bitte plusquamperfekt, sonst klingt das so nach schlagzeile "thom yorke bringt soloalbum, loam geschockt, damit rechnete niemand."

13.05.2006 - 15:34

wie kleinlich manche leutchen hier doch sind bzw. gewesen waren...

13.05.2006 - 15:38

ich bin nun mal ästhet.
das mit juli zweifel ich mal dreister weise an, freu mich aber trotzdem. :)

13.05.2006 - 17:18

das heisst also ein soloalbum von thom + ein radiohead album... schöne nachrichten...

13.05.2006 - 17:21

naja

13.05.2006 - 17:48

und ein neues blur album 2007 :)))

13.05.2006 - 18:15

^Öhm super beitrag da oben! :|

13.05.2006 - 21:47

echt? ein neues von blur? *freu* weiß jemand genaueres? ;)

13.05.2006 - 22:56

ich würde den juli-termin nicht anzweifeln! das ding ist im kasten! si. deadairspace, si. news-meldung, si. pitchfork. zudem erscheint da auch "a scanner darkly", black swan wird da im abspann gespielt werden, ach so...

pitchfork schrieb:So there you have it: Thom Yorke's un-solo album, The Eraser, is due out July 11 on XL Recordings. (Pretty cool that Thom Yorke decided to put his album out on an indie label, huh?) It was produced by Radiohead bosom buddy Nigel Godrich, and features the following songs (yes, they're all supposed to be lower case):

01 the eraser
02 analyse
03 the clock
04 black swan
05 skip divided
06 atoms for peace
07 and it rained all night
08 harrowdown hill
09 cymbal rush

Various sources, including Billboard.com, report that the track "black swan" will play over the closing credits of Richard Linklater's new movie A Scanner Darkly. You know, the one with the animated images of Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder playing characters in a Philip K. Dick novel.

13.05.2006 - 23:08

http://www.mtv.de/news/news.php?id=21948

sind alle links über das neue album... es soll rocken... find ich cool-

15.05.2006 - 13:25

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/936/thomyorketheeraser6fu.jpg
http://www.theeraser.net/

15.05.2006 - 20:09

"es soll rocken."
kann ich mir wirklich nicht vorstellen ,-)

15.05.2006 - 20:46

http://www.musikexpress.de/Thom_Yorke__Soloalbum.html

15.05.2006 - 21:37

"es soll rocken."

Im Vorfeld zu "Hail to the thief" meinte Thom Yorke ja auch, das sei ein Album, zu dem man gerne Sex hat. Soviel dazu...

15.05.2006 - 23:39

bee (15.05.2006 - 20:09 Uhr):
"es soll rocken."
kann ich mir wirklich nicht vorstellen ,-)

das bezog sich wohl auf das kommende album von blur, das hier in dem thread nichts zu suchen hat;-)

15.05.2006 - 23:46

herrlich herrlich.
Wie ich mich freu.

17.05.2006 - 16:40

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+ Thom Yorke Soloalbum erscheint auf XL-Recordings +

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THOM YORKE "The Eraser"
VÖ: 07.07.06 (XL Recordings)

Thom Yorke veröffentlicht sein erstes Soloalbum "The Eraser"
am 07.07.06 auf XL-Recordings. Es beinhaltet neun von Thom Yorke
geschriebene und selbst eingespielte Tracks und
Radiohead-Hausproduzent Nigel Godrich saß an den Reglern.

Die Tracklist:

The Eraser
Analyse
The clock
Black swan
Skip divided
Atoms For Peace
And It Rained All Night
Harrowdown Hill
Cymbal Rush

Weitere Infos und Neuigkeiten zu Thom Yorke und seinem
Album findet man in Zukunft unter:

20.05.2006 - 13:02

Weiß eigentlich jemand ob die Lieder auch Gesang beinhalten oder besteht das Album nur aus "Boards OF Canada"-Geblubber?

20.05.2006 - 14:58

Gesang, ist doch logisch ;)

25.05.2006 - 00:49

First Listen: Thom Yorke's The Eraser

Matthew Solarski reports:
Major break-ups, deaths, and Thom Yorke records-- pretty much the only stories Pitchfork News wakes up on a weekend to break. A couple of Saturdays back, we caught wind that Yorke was planning his first-ever foray into, um, solitary territory ("i don't wanna hear that word solo," the man wrote in a W.A.S.T.E. e-mail), on a forthcoming album to be titled The Eraser. And now, we've had the distinct pleasure of hearing the album in its entirety. The Eraser is a sumptuous, Nigel Godrich-produced layer cake of plaintive piano, haunting synth squalls, and chugging guitars built atop skittish programmed beats and devoured by Thom Yorke's anguished ruminations on the pressures and paranoias attendant to fame and expectation. And no, it's not a techno record.

Here's a track-by-track first glimpse at The Eraser:

1. "the eraser": The title track opens with a muffled, repeated piano chord. After a few bars and a chord change, programmed beats settle in, and Thom interrupts, "Please excuse me but I got to ask," scraping the upper register. Soon, a gaggle of disembodied, moaning Thoms joins in for the chorus, which seemingly takes a cue from Morrissey: "The more you try to erase me/ The more that I appear".

2. "analyse": Vocal and rolling piano lines launch this meditation on futility. "The fences that you cannot climb/ The sentences that do not rhyme," Thom laments, sad and clever all at once. And later: "It gets you down/ You're just playing a part," one of many presumed jabs at self-identity. The chord progression somewhat recalls an accelerated "Knives Out", with a hesitant snare plodding along in the background, before Godrich drops in the first of The Eraser's many cinematic synth flourishes.

3. "the clock": A cyclical guitar line lends this track an almost motorik vibe, albeit one evoking a leisurely Sunday drive. Click-clack beats add to the pace before the inevitable opening line: "Time is running out/ For us." By the end, Thom is humming a simple, bluesy melody over the steady but relentless rhythm.

4. "black swan": Opens with an almost hip-hop beat, before a blues-inspired riff more than a little reminiscent of "I Might Be Wrong" drops in and sets the structure. "This is fucked up, fucked up," Yorke declares. Later, more identity crises are averted: "I don't care what the future holds/ 'Cause I'm right here and I'm today/ With your fingers you can touch me."

5. "skip divided": Samples of Thom drawing breaths help form the percussive foundation of this dark stalker-ly declaration. Yorke's at his most conversational here, almost pub-drunk, revealing, "When you walk in a room I follow you 'round/ Like a dog/ I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog/ I'm a lapdog/ I'm your lapdog." Creepy.

6. "atoms for peace": Thom returns, all homesick alien, beseeching you: "No more going to the dark side with your flying saucer eyes/ No more falling down a wormhole that I have to pull you out," and striving for some higher octaves during the chorus: "I wanna geeet ouuut/ And make it woooork." Celestial tones underscore a warm, bumbling bassline-- a relatively minimal arrangement compared to the rest of The Eraser. "So many lies/ So feel the love come off of them/ And take me in your arms," he sings. Thom's own "You're Beautiful"?

7. "and it rained all night": And it's back to the Dark Side for The Eraser's chilliest number, a tune awash in eerie synth and driven by a Joy Division-esque bassline. Thom assumes the role of the poet-observer, surrealistically detailing visions of post-downpour New York, clipped vocal samples later piggybacking the bassline. It culminates in a strained, desperate: "I can see you/ But I can never reach you."

8. "harrowdown hill": Don't get thrown off by the practically post-punk opening bass riff; more haunted synth and programmed beats soon drift in and turn things nocturnal once again. "I'm coming home to make it all right/ So dry your eyes," sings Thom-- one of the most conventional, pop-esque vocal melodies on the record. "I can't take the pressure/ No one cares if you live or die/ They just want me gone/ They want me gone." The moment is suspended to make way for some riffing, which closes out the song.

9. "cymbal rush": We're greeted here by what sounds like the Pac-Man death sound effect kicked down an octave; then more funereal, ambient synth, along with pitter-patter programmed percussion not unlike that on "Kid A". "Try to build a wall that is high enough," sings Thom. "It's all boiling over." Finally, the climax: percussion picks up, guitar enters over melancholic piano chords, and more disembodied Thoms float about, moaning-- until all drops out for one final blip-bloop parade, which sputters out to an abrupt finish.

Regarding The Eraser, Yorke also wrote "inevitably it is more beats & electronics. but its [sic] songs," and that pretty much sums it up. The record is song-oriented to a perhaps surprising degree-- no instrumentals, all tracks pretty much in the four-minute range, mostly standard time signatures-- and emphasizes the trademark textural richness of Radiohead and Godrich.

The Eraser lands in stores July 11 in the U.S. (lucky Brits get it a day earlier) via XL Recordings, but for now, those of you who enjoy being puzzled, hop on over to www.theeraser.net for more (totally cryptic) album details.

Oh, and incidentally-- that band Yorke sometimes sings for? Stereo-something? They're preparing to embark on a U.S. tour. Tickets available now! On eBay! For $900 a pop! Awesome!:

06-01 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre *
06-02 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre *
06-04 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion *
06-05 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion *
06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird Center *
06-08 Toronto, Ontario - Hummingbird Center *
06-10 Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts $
06-11 Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts $
06-13 New York, NY - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden $
06-14 New York, NY - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden $
06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo ^
06-19 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre $
06-20 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre $
06-23 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theater #
06-24 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theater #
06-26 San Diego, CA - Bayside #
06-27 San Diego, CA - Bayside #
06-29 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater #
06-30 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater #
08-12 Budapest, Hungary - Óbudai Island (Sziget Festival)
08-15 Avenches, Switzerland - Festival Rock Oz'Arènes
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival ^
08-19 Chelmsford, England - Hylands Park (V Festival) ^
08-20 Staffordshire, England - Weston Park (V Festival) ^
08-22 Edinburgh, Scotland - Meadowbank ^
08-24 Dublin, Ireland - Marley Park
08-25 Paris, France - Rock en Seine Festival
08-28 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall

* with Willy Mason
$ with the Black Keys
# with Deerhoof
^ with Beck

31.05.2006 - 03:15

So, nun ist es im Netz.

31.05.2006 - 14:00

sehr gute platte. sehr sehr gute platte sogar.

31.05.2006 - 14:13

Das Artwork allein ist ja auch wieder mal fantastisch. Ob es der Inhalt auch ist, werden wir sehen.

31.05.2006 - 15:27

Sehr sehr gut ist sie definitiv nicht....das kann man schon nach den ersten beiden Durchläufen ausschließen. Ansonsten ist da nach oben und unten etwas Spielraum...mal sehen/hören

31.05.2006 - 18:24

Ich mag sie sehr.

Geht wieder in Richtung Kid A, sehr gut das Ganze.

31.05.2006 - 18:33

sehr mau das ganze. sehr mauz.

31.05.2006 - 18:38

Sehr sehr gut ist sie definitiv nicht....das kann man schon nach den ersten beiden Durchläufen ausschließen. Ansonsten ist da nach oben und unten etwas Spielraum...mal sehen/hören

soso, der meister hat gesprochen

31.05.2006 - 19:28

Haut mich auch nicht vom Hocker. Irgendwie seltsam wenig Tiefe. Vielleicht liegts an den simplen Arrangements? Na ja, ich geb dem Album noch ein paar Durchläufe...

31.05.2006 - 20:04

Die meisten Songs haben mich bereits voll, vor allem der Titel- und Eröffnungstrack, einfach genial.

31.05.2006 - 20:36

@mixtape

wer sagt, dass man zu there there nicht gerne sex hat? :P
ich meine auf moos im dunklen wald ;)

ich denk schon, dass es ganz schön rocken wird. solche sachen wie song 2, bugman oder crazy beat sind auf jeden fall verrockter als alle songs der foo fighters zusammen...

31.05.2006 - 21:25

meine favoriten (nach 2x durchhören):

1. analyse
2. atoms for peace
3. harrowdown hill

definitiv ein großes album, i like it!!

31.05.2006 - 21:36

01. The Eraser
02. Harrowdoen Hill
03. Analyse

31.05.2006 - 22:17

Ich hätte mir mehr Entwicklung erwünscht/erhofft, klingt mir zu sehr nach den letzten Aklben von Radiohead. Dieses mal kann man allerdings zu einigen Songs sogar tanzen.

31.05.2006 - 23:24

Unter welchem Artist erscheint das denn dann, wenn der Thom das Wort solo nicht hören will? Wär ja komisch wenn dann doch nur sein Name drüber stünde