Radiohead Countdown Site a Hoax

A Radiohead rep has confirmed the cryptic countdown website that fans have been buzzing about has "nothing to do with Radiohead."

Fans were already skeptical of the site, radioheadlp7.com, that featured a large countdown clock scheduled to run out tomorrow morning. Details of the new, long-waited Radiohead album were thought to be at the end of the countdown, but the rep told NME.com that it's "a hoax."

The site's appearance follows a week of similarly cryptic messages that have shown up on the band's official website. The odd hieroglyphics began September 20, and fans have been working to decipher the five codes that followed on the message boards. They theorize the posts are the lyrics to the first single, 'Bodysnatchers,' and started with: "Yes, we are still alive."

Earlier this month, guitarist Jonny Greenwood told Paste.com, "We're very relieved to have finished recording, now we have to decide what we should do with it." The new album is the first since 2003's 'Hail to the Thief' and the band is currently without a label.

The question still remains, what will happen to the hoax site when the countdown ends?

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