Radiohead 'knew King of Limbs wasn't instant'

Radiohead have admitted that they knew their latest album The King of Limbs would take listeners longer to get used to than their previous records.

The 'Nude' five-piece released the album digitally back in February and physically in March. They have insisted that they were expecting the record to be a grower rather than an instant hit.

"With The King of Limbs, we all knew that it wasn't going to be an immediate record but a lot of great records have been 38 minutes long," the band's drummer Phil Selway told Drowned In Sound. "It's that old chestnut of a grower."

The musician also explained that the album was a "reaction" to their 2007 album In Rainbows.

"Every record that we've done has been a reaction to the last one and The King of Limbs carried on that tradition for us," he said.

The group released a newspaper alongside their eighth studio album titled The Universal Sigh, with queues of fans forming across the globe to grab a copy.

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