described as world’s most popular unsigned band

Hail to the Thief was Radiohead’s final album with EMI; in 2006, The New York Times described Radiohead as “by far the world’s most popular unsigned band”. Following the Hail to the Thief tour, Radiohead went on hiatus to spend time with their families and work on solo projects. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood contributed to the Band Aid 20 charity single ” Do They Know It’s Christmas? “, produced by Godrich. Greenwood composed soundtracks for the films Bodysong (2004) and There Will Be Blood (2007); the latter was the first of several collaborations with the director Paul Thomas Anderson . In July 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, The Eraser , comprising mainly electronic music. He stressed it was made with the band’s blessing, and that Radiohead were not breaking up. Jonny Greenwood said: “He had to get this stuff out, and everyone was happy [for Yorke to make it] … He’d go mad if every time he wrote a song it had to go through the Radiohead consensus.” Selway and Jonny Greenwood appeared in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as members of the fictional band the Weird Sisters .