Get over Lady Gaga it's time for Radiohead

Good news! (This is Justin by the way).  The new Radiohead album was announced today for presale and goes live on Saturday.  You can check it out here.  The following text is taken directly from their website:

Newspaper Album - PRESALE

Radiohead's new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here as the world's first* Newspaper Album, comprising:

• Two clear 10" vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
• A compact disc.
• Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.
• The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
• The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
• Shipping is included in the prices shown.
• One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.

*perhaps

Digital only - PRESALE

Radiohead's new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here with a choice of two digital formats:

• MP3 version is a 320K constant bit rate file.
• WAV version is a full CD quality uncompressed digital audio file.
• One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.

The King of Limbs can be pre-ordered now and downloaded on Saturday 19th February 2011. 

This is great news, and it's interesting that they waited until after the Grammy's to announce it, basically stealing all of Arcade Fire and Esperanda Spalding's fire.  Like most people I'm a long time fan of Radiohead and can't wait to hear their follow up to In Rainbows.  The mp3 version is only $9 and will probably become next week's number 1 album.  Expect a review Saturday evening.

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