Colin Greenwood says the leftover songs may come out on 12-inch records

The songs that miss Radiohead's new album may come out after it on a series of 12-inch records, an idea taken from the Beta Band, Colin Greenwood tells NME's James Oldham. They talked in the band's hotel bar after the comeback show at Arles on 13 June, for a couple of hours until about 3am, while a storm broke outside. The others had gone to bed early.

Colin says he loves Napster, even though 14 unreleased Radiohead tracks can be downloaded from it, and that the band never want to go so long without a record again. The album still has no title. “The National Anthem” is Jonny Greenwood's favourite track on it, the free-jazz section above all. Colin also admits that the excessive praise for OK Computer did Thom Yorke's head in.

Arles was Radiohead's first show since the Amnesty International concert at Bercy in Paris in December 1998. Rain held the band back from 9.30 until 10pm. NME counted 2,000 people, short of a sell-out, though its website put the crowd at 2,500 on the night. Yorke greeted the crowd in French, and NME heard seven new songs in two hours. “Knives Out”, on acoustic guitar, silenced the place. This is called 'Knives Out' and it's about... cannibalism.¹ He closed by thanking the crowd for being so nice on our first gig back¹. Colin rates the night good, but a bit shaky¹.

The next night at Vaison-la-Romaine was called off when the open-air venue flooded and the band's equipment kept shorting out at the soundcheck. NME found about 200 people at the gate shouting at security, and the band already on their bus to Barcelona.