Fiery Furnaces attack 'bogus' Radiohead

Fiery Furnaces musician Matthew Friedberger has attacked Radiohead after misunderstanding a question about the group.

The songwriter was asked about Radiohead's one-off download single 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)', which was written in recognition of the then last surviving UK World War I veteran.

Friedberger told Spinner: "Oh, please listen to our new song about Harry Patch. F**k you! You brand yourself by brazenly and arbitrarily associating yourself with things that you know people consider cool.

"That is bogus. That's a put-on. That's a branding technique and Radiohead have their brand that they're popular and intelligent. So they have a song about Harry Patch."

He added: "How's the song? Is it 48 notes to the octave? What does it have to do with Harry Patch? Oh, my wife says I am being very rude. She doesn't like me insulting Radiohead.

"She's afraid they will send their lackeys through the computer to sabotage us. But they needn't worry - we are a band that sabotages ourselves."

However, Friedberger's publicist later told Pitchfork that the musician thought the interviewer had asked about late US composer and instrument creator Harry Partch, who was famed for his creation of the 43-tone scale.