Radiohead Releasing “The Daily Mail” / “Staircase”
Despite not appearing on The King of Limbs or their Record Store Day single, my favorite new Radiohead song of the year was “The Daily Mail,” originally unveiled with Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace before the band played it at Glastonbury and a proper Nigel Godrich-produced rendition arrived a year later on From the Basement. As it turns out, they’re putting this tune out before the new year along with another standout from the TKOL cutting room floor, “Staircase.” Based on Amazon snippets, both tracks were culled from the Basement recordings, though a quick trip back to the above take proves that the live, in-studio version is more than ready for official release. Update: Radiohead shared a stream of both tracks via their official YouTube channel: