Radiohead drummer Philip Selway says the band has a “collective need” to make new music.
The sticksman insists he and his bandmates – Thom Yorke, brothers Jonny and Colin Greenwood, and Ed O’Brien – all need to work collectively once more sooner or later, “for the proper causes”, however haven’t any quick plans whereas they’re busy with different initiatives.
He advised Underneath the Radar: “There may be nonetheless that collective need to make music once more collectively, in a technique or one other.
“However in the meanwhile, we’re simply discovering the proper context for that and the proper initiatives. Nevertheless it’s not going to be inside the subsequent yr, in all probability. However it would occur as a result of we need to and while you need to you are doing it for the proper causes.”
Phil – who launched his newest solo album ‘Unusual Dance’ in February – just lately stated the ‘Creep’ rockers will hopefully get collectively once more inside the “subsequent couple of years”.
Talking to Prog journal, the drummer stated: “We’re at all times speaking about stuff.
“However by way of an precise type of collective mission, past the ‘Child A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ stuff that we have been doing [2021’s ‘Child AMnesia’ reissue mission and interactive exhibition), it is type of additional down the road for us when that may occur. We’re speaking about that, however in the meanwhile everyone’s doing their very own factor. When the pandemic occurred, we might at all times deliberate to take a vear off from Radiohead round that, so we may get on with different stuff. However that simply meant that these different initiatives type of grew, so we’re permitting time for all of these initiatives to go the place they should. However yeah, we’ll get collectively quickly and within the subsequent couple of years there can be one thing there, of some type.”
Radiohead have not toured since 2018 and their final studio album was 2016’s ‘A Moon Formed Pool’.
