Which group from Abingdon has issued albums 'Hail to the thief and 'In Rainbows'?
Hail to the Thief Hail to the Thief Hail to the Thief is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 9 June 2003 by Parlophone in the UK and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It was the last album released under Radiohead's record contract with EMI. After transitioning to a more electronic style on their albums "Kid A" (2000) and "Amnesiac" (2001), recorded through protracted studio experimentation, Radiohead sought to combine electronic and rock music. They recorded most of "Hail to the Thief" in two weeks in Los Angeles with longtime Radiohead
Hail to the Thief that rough mixes from the Los Angeles sessions were used for a third of the final album. The "Hail to the Thief" lyrics were influenced by what Yorke called "the general sense of ignorance and intolerance and panic and stupidity" following the 2000 election of US President George W. Bush. He took words and phrases from discussion of the unfolding War on Terror and used them in the album's lyrics and artwork. He denied any intent to make a "political statement" with the songs, and told the "Toronto Star:" "I desperately tried not to write anything political, anything expressing the