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. . .During the backstage interview with The Associated Press, Yorke wriggled with delight as he explained that the band has just fulfilled its contract with Parlophone, a division of EMI Records.

"It's always been album, album, album," he says, adding that he believes the music business will be forced to change because the way people listen to music is changing.

"Things like iTunes and people splitting up tracks," he says. "I kind of think that's good. I listen to music on random all the time."

With the freedom to do anything, Yorke says he's unsure what the band will try next although it's unlikely to pound out another album. EPs are more likely. . .

Yorke says artists must resist the urge to repeat themselves, to stick with a successful formula. . .

So for "Hail to the Thief," the band changed its approach. Instead of spending their usual year-plus in the studio, Radiohead headed to Los Angeles with producer Nigel Godrich and spent just two weeks cranking it out. . .

"We tried to work very fast this time because we spent too much time in the studio last time and it drove us 'round the twist," Yorke says. "Working fast meant you just do whatever you've got there and then and that's it."

"I find that music's always been the thing that answers the question for me," Yorke says. "Temporarily. Until there's another question."

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