Back in January we saw Phil Selway trade drums for an acoustic and sing his droning, harmonious ditty “The Tie That Binds Us” at the 7 Worlds Collide super-concert in Australia. The event was an early celebration for the sequel to 2001’s Neil Finn-assembled, Oxfam-benefit LP of the same name. Now that charitable sequel’s got a firm release date (8/10) and title (The Sun Came Out), and will feature Phil’s song with help from fellow Radiohead Ed O’Brien and a long list of exceptional et ceteras (Johnny Marr, Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, Liam Finn, and on).
In addition to that new song from the Radiohead camp comes news of reissues. Yes, more reissues. And yes, done at the behest of Capitol/EMI, who love money so much. The first round covered the first three albums, this next slate repackages Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail To The Thief, packing each with live tracks, b-sides, and other such fixings to help give opacity to the label’s transparent cashgrab.. The rundown each album’s additional material is listed at ateaseweb. Due 8/25.
