Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has some bad news.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Greenwood shared his current plans, and they don’t include anything Radiohead-related. The rest of the members are busy with other musical plans, and their most recent reunion seems to be with the side project The Smile. When asked about their plans as Radiohead, Greenwood admitted there wasn’t much:
“Well, the Smile are on tour, Ed is making another solo record, Colin is playing bass with Nick Cave – they’ve just done five sold-out nights at the Sydney State theatre – so lots of music is being made. Just not as Radiohead. We’re still talking all the time, we just need to make a plan and get some time together sorted out in advance. I’ve never been very good at that. Too busy dicking around in this studio.”
Philip Selway Thinks Differently
Although Greenwood’s recent words don’t say much about new Radiohead music anytime soon, the drummer Philip Selway said last year that the band might release new material in ‘the next couple of years.’
Back in January last year, Selway mentioned that he and the rest of the band would be getting together early in the year to kick things off. Two months later, the drummer explained the band’s plans for new music. He said:
“We have got together and we’re talking about future plans, but in the immediate future we’ve all got other projects which we’d all like to see through properly. There’s a collective desire to make music in some form or other amongst the five of us. We all really value that musical relationship, and that’s been there for 38 years. It remains really important to us.”
Selway hasn’t mentioned any specific ideas or desires about where Radiohead might go next:
“We wouldn’t know anything on that score until we’re all in a room together, and it probably doesn’t have any firm direction until we’re quite a way into it. The short answer to that is: ‘to be confirmed.’”
Though there are no plans for Radiohead music for now, The Smile released a new album back in January; and it appears it’s all fans can have until Radiohead releases new music. You can listen to it down below.