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| Released | 25 July 2011 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 15:26 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch/Bella Union | |||
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Running Blind is an EP by the English musician Philip Selway. It was released on 25 July 2011 in the UK [1] and 30 August in the US. [2] Running Blind comprises four songs left off Selway's debut album, Familial (2010), re-recorded with a full band. [3]
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| Pitchfork Media | 5.8/10 [4] |
| PopMatters |   [5] |
Joe Tangari from Pitchfork Media praised "What Goes Around", writing that it "delivers a well-crafted melody," and said that the EP was a slight improvement over Familial. [4] A review from PopMatters found that the songs "just weren't good enough" and "exposed more weaknesses than necessary". [5]
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"No Surprises" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the fourth and final single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997), in 1998. It was also released a mini-album in Japan, titled No Surprises / Running from Demons. It features glockenspiel and a "childlike" sound inspired by the 1966 Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. The song reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. In 2011, NME named "No Surprises" the 107th-best track of the previous 15 years.
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