Atoms For Peace

Thom Yorke, Heralded champion of the indie/alternative world breezing his way to the top as lead singer with Radiohead has finally aired his side projects first official single "default".

Atoms For Peace was the title of a track taken from Yorke's 2006 solo album The Eraser and was used to name the band that would accompany him when he toured it, But this was no ordinary band. It was a super group taken straight from the wet dreams of hipsters across the world. It consisted of Thom himself, Flea from Red Hot Chilli Peppers on bass duties, Long time collaborator Nigel Godrich, Drummer Joey Waronker of R.E.M and Beck fame and percussionist Mauro Refosco.

Thom and co toured for a year or so playing mainly tracks taken from The Eraser and then as touring progressed they played unheard songs written for AFP themselves and not necessarily a solo track from Yorke. Tracks such as Default and Judge,Jury and Executioner had been played live but no studio versions were released until now.

This is perfection, this is exactly what I wanted to hear from them, not something sounding like it could have been a Radiohead B-Side from The King Of Limbs but still sticking to its routes firmly. In fact the only thing it really has in common is Thom Yorkes voice, other than that this is a fantastic new development for Thom and Co and a Band and the debut album AMOK due out on february the 25th will be a corker. released by XL recordings, make a date in your diary. You won't want to miss out.