Surprise! Radiohead Album Drops Early

Art-rockers leak their first set of new material in more three years along with new video

By Josh Grossberg Feb 18, 2011 7:15 PMTags

It's a happy Friday for rabid Radiohead fans.

After a Valentine's Day message announcing plans to issue their hugely anticipated eighth studio album, The King of Limbs, on Saturday, the Oxford quartet jumped the gun and released the music today.

The follow-up to 2007's acclaimed In Rainbows features eight tracks, clocks in at a brief 37-minutes and is now available for download via Radiohead's official Website for $9 (unless you ordered the more expensive "Newspaper" album—the special vinyl and CD package, containing exclusive artwork, won't ship until May).

And another bonus: the band also today released the video for the first single, "Lotus Flower." Happy Friday!