Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood details new LP Junun, airs Paul Thomas Anderson-directed vid for "Roked"

Junun will feature Radiohead producer/collaborator Nigel Godrich and Indian qawwali group The Rajasthan Express.

Talking about the project with the Evening Standard, Greenwood said:

"When I was in the Negev desert in southern Israel a couple of years ago, I heard a band playing a song using an Arabic violin called a rehab. It was a strange mix of Arabic and traditional Indian music, one that I’d never come across before. The best song, I found out, was written by Shye Ben Tzur, an Israeli musician who had been living in India until this year. I set out to discover more about him … I’m always a little wary of rock bands half-heartedly dabbling in world music - itself a slightly greasy term - but there are exceptions. Damon Albarn is one: his work with musicians in Mali is something he’s clearly fully committed to. And I think Shye Ben Tzur is another."

Radiohead recently updated the world on the status of their long-awaited new album.

Paul Thomas Anderson has directed a documentary film to accompany Junun. The trailer is available to watch now, and features lead single "Roked". Greenwood and Anderson have worked together many times, with the former scoring the latter's films There Will Be Blood, The Master, and Inherent Vice.

Junun is out 13 November via Nonesuch. It's streaming now, for 30 days only, on Mubi.

Watch the album's trailer, featuring album track "Roked", directed by Anderson, below.