Radiohead say the Tehrangeles album email is mostly made up

A Radiohead spokesperson has told NME that the email going round fans under the band's name, with a title for the next album, is not genuine. It calls the follow-up to In Rainbows Tehrangeles, and gives it an 11-song running order and a release later this year.

Most of it is made up and there is no album or album title

Radiohead spokesperson²

Rumours of a wrap party, and of the record in its last stages of mixing, are going round as well, and none has been confirmed. In February a blog post described the band recording with Nigel Godrich at a house in the Hollywood Hills.

On the band's website, Colin Greenwood has written a tribute to Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, who took his own life on Saturday 6 March. He was 47. Sparklehorse toured Europe with Radiohead in 1997, at the start of OK Computer, opening for them at Le Zénith in Paris among other nights, and that year Thom Yorke sang on their cover of Pink Floyd's “Wish You Were Here”.

They were great every night, Colin writes. Linkous's first two records meant a great deal to him, and he took the music of that tour into his own life and his friends' lives.

He was softly spoken, with an old south courtesy I hadn't heard before: he introduced me to Daniel Johnston's music, and the West Virginian writing of Pinckney Benedict.

Colin Greenwood¹

Mark wrote and played some beautiful music, and we're lucky to have it. Rest in peace.

Colin Greenwood¹