For their next album, Radiohead selected producer John Leckie, who had produced records by acts they admired, including Magazine. Drummer Philip Selway said Radiohead were reassured by how relaxed and open-minded Leckie was on their first meeting. Recording was postponed so Leckie could work on the album "Carnival of Light", by another Oxford band, Ride. Radiohead used the extra time to rehearse their new material. Yorke said: "We had all of these songs and we really liked them, but we knew them almost too well ... so we had to sort of learn to like them again before we could record them, which is odd."