The song was announced via the group’s socials with a brief announcement explaining the albums current situation, “The album is just about finished” great news, “we’re at the track-listing stage, where there are 6227020800 possible song orders. Until that’s decided – here’s one song: it’s called ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again.’”

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Produced by longtime Radiohead associate Nigel Godrich, the single shares a lot of vibes and ideas as Radiohead’s past releases. But this time, the addition of a little neo-jazz flair from Tom Skinner, and the stripped-back nature of working as a 3-piece, takes Yorke, Greenwood and Godrich’s well-loved sound into an almost post-punk-y direction. Splashy drums, frustrated barking from Yorke, and guitars drenched in enough reverb you could almost mistake the instrumental for a Protomartyr song, these things add up to something (again) pretty fresh.

While we have finally heard a studio recording of the band’s music, the air of mystery still lingers as the announcement of a tour seems to raise more questions than it answers. “We are also excited to announce a launch concert in London – actually 3 different concerts in 15 hours across 29th & 30th January, streamed fully live across 3 time zones, so people outside the UK can see us play at sensible times. 3 shows, 3 time zones, and 3 very sleepy musicians on Sunday morning.” Taking place at 8pm on January 28^th, the first show almost immediately leads into the 2^nd that will kick off 5 hours later at 1am the next morning. The 3^rd and final show will then allow the trio to rest for a short while before beginning again at 11am that same day. All 3 shows will take place at London’s Magazine in the round.

Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday (December 7^th). You can access tickets to the physical show here, and livestream tickets here.

Aside from these 3 moments, we don’t actually know much about the project, when it’s due, or if any of this music will even feature on an album. We heard rumblings in September that all the music had been recorded, but as Greenwood explained to NME, “We’re thinking of how much to include, whether it’s really finished or if there are a few guitars that need fixing. I’d hope it’ll come out soon, but I’m the wrong person to ask.”. So, who knows?

On the topic of unknown details, when posed with the question of touring with the Smile, Greenwood stated (in true ambiguous fashion), “No idea. It’s undiscussed and undecided. But it feels like we now have to start engaging with the outside world, having worked on this stuff alone. That’s the test, when people finally hear it. I’m looking forward to that, as what the outside world makes of you is more than half the reason for doing it.” Adding, “I’ve never understood the idea of music for its own sake. I remember bands I like who brought out albums I thought were disappointing. The fear of that is a big one. I’ve not met anyone who claims they don’t think about that stuff.”. That sounds like a positive to me.

Until any more information is released the next best thing for anyone with a hankering for some new Greenwood music need look no further than the new Kid A Mnesia box set released back in November. Or even his work on the soundtrack for “Spencer”, a biopic focussing on Princess Diana during the end of her relationship with Prince Charles.

For something artsier, check out the “KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION” on PS5, PC, or Mac. See details below.

The KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION is open…entry is free: https://t.co/sMZGAZX2Jl – PS5, PC & Mac pic.twitter.com/5rWJL6437N

— Radiohead (@radiohead) November 18, 2021

The resulting 3LP, £80, 33 song unit is what we know as Kid A Mnesia. Thom Yorke and co. clearly don’t believe they’ve taken the merchandising for this project they released 21 years ago far enough though because the band have now opened the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition. As a part of this, you can visit the band’s virtual exhibition on your PS5 or PC, or just bag yourself a whole host of memorabilia, everything from badges and pins to teapots.

Upon the opening of the Kid A Mnesia gift shop, the band continue their trademark despondency with this message to fans, “Another year has passed and yet another awaits us, lurking with uncertain intent behind the deceptive glamour of the festive season. 2021 was certainly what veterans of past times might refer to as a ‘mixed bag'; turgid with inconsistency and tumescent with uncertainty. If one thing is for sure, it’s that 2022 is going to be no less disquieting. But how best to cope with these coming days of inconsistently disquieting uncertainty? Well, luckily, we at W.A.S.T.E. products have just the thing: why not take the time to browse through the KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION GIFT SHOP?”

Outside of the usual merch everyone seems to offer; t-shirts, stickers, pins, badges, blah blah blah… we also get the slightly less common (but still reasonably boring); jigsaws, water bottles, and notebooks… very nice. But the big guns, the £185 china tea sets, blinky the bear dressing gowns, and matching bed clothes… that’s what we’re after. Artist in residence Stanley Donwood has been working a lot in regard to this reissue, taking the albums art to galleries around London and also releasing a companion book “Fear Stalks the Land”. See below for further details on Donwood’s work.

KID A MNESIA and FEAR STALKS THE LAND! by @thomyorke and @StanleyDonwood are out today.

Two books of the process, artwork and lyrics of the @radiohead albums Kid A and Amnesiac.

Get them now: https://t.co/fQr5WCrydk pic.twitter.com/solITZlW1h

— Canongate (@canongatebooks) November 11, 2021