9. The Present Tense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXH5fSuGw2o It feels like we've been waiting for The Present Tense for about a decade. It hasn't been quite that long, but it's been around for many years and we're yet to see a full release. We don't even really know what The Present Tense is. Is it a Radiohead song? An Atoms For Peace track? A Yorke solo tune? Right now, we don't know. It's been played by Thom live on his own, as well as with Atoms for Peace, but online speculation has circulated recently that it could be a Radiohead track. Thom's most recent performance of the song was at the Pathway to Paris gig where Silent Spring and Desert Island Disk were revealed and other Radiohead songs were played. This only added to the speculation that The Present Tense was a Radiohead track. It's all very confusing. Tell you what, Thom, clear up our confusion by releasing the song, would you? Ta.