The Daily Mail / Staircase by Radiohead

"The Daily Mail" and "Staircase" are songs by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as a download on 19 December 2011. Both recordings are taken from the live video The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement (2011), and feature additional drummer and percussionist Clive Deamer."The Daily Mail" was written six years before release. When Radiohead decided to perform it for From the Basement, they completed the arrangement within a week, featuring a brass section arranged by guitarist Jonny Greenwood. The song attacks the Daily Mail newspaper, with lyrics such as "the lunatics have taken over the asylum" and "we'll feed you to the hounds, to the Daily Mail"."Staircase" features "atmospheric" synthesisers and "busy, skittering" beats. Radiohead worked on it before their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), but it did not progress beyond the demo stages until after the album's release.