So here's my theory about the new album-- It's rather far-fetched and I don't know if I believe it or not, but it's interesting nonetheless.

The tracks were leaked on purpose. They aren't the actual tracks intended to go on the album-- they're B-sides that the band had sitting around and released in order to create a red herring. Kid A and Amnesiac both leaked, and Radiohead are aware of that; thus they created this fake album (cleverly titled 'Hail to the Theif') in order to keep people from looking for leaks of the actual tracks. This way, when the actual album comes out in June, no one will have heard any of it. Think about it-- it's not like a Radiohead album. The name is strange, there are too many tracks (14), all of the tracks sound basically like normal songs (there's nothing like 'Fitter Happier,' 'Treefingers,' or 'Hunting Bears') and there are no songs resembling the experimentation of 'Kid A' or 'Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors.' I also find it suspicious that almost immediately after the names of the tracks for the new album were released, the tracks were leaked. Johnny Greenwood's interview in which he discussed the leak sounded surprisingly non-angry, as well.

Like I said, I don't know if I believe it, but it's something I came up with and I think it holds a fair amount of water, as far as conspiracy theories go. Any thoughts?

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