by environmentalist Jonathan Porritt comparing the British government's attitude to climate change to the Canute legend. Donwood said: "There was something about this immense torrent washing everything away and the futile figure holding back the wave (or failing to) that worked with the record, especially as we had both seen the flood, just when Thom was starting on the music." He also felt The Eraser was a "very English record", and that the London imagery fit this. The album is packaged as a large foldout containing the CD; Donwood and Yorke wanted to avoid using plastic. Release On 11 May 2006, Yorke posted a link to the official Eraser site on the Radiohead website. Two days later, he wrote in a press release announcing The Eraser: "I have been itching to do something like this for ages. It was fun and quick to do ... Yes, it's a record! No, it's not a Radiohead record." He emphasised that Radiohead were not splitting up and that the album was made "with their blessing". Before the release, "Black Swan" was used in the closing credits of the film A Scanner Darkly. The album leaked online a month before release; Yorke said he regretted not releasing it as a download beforehand. The Eraser was released on 11 July 2006 by the independent label XL Recordings on CD and vinyl. Yorke said he chose XL because "it's very mellow. There's no corporate ethic. [Major labels are] stupid little boys' games – especially really high up." The album was also released on iTunes. It debuted at number three in the UK Albums Chart and stayed in the top 100 for ten weeks. In the United States, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling over 90,000 copies in its first week. "Harrowdown Hill" was released as a single on 21 August, reaching number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, followed by "Analyse" on 6 November. The Eraser was followed by a compilation of B-sides, Spitting Feathers, and a 2008 album of remixes by various artists, The Eraser Rmxs. In July 2009, Yorke performed solo at Latitude Festival and found it was possible to perform Eraser songs on acoustic instruments. He contacted Godrich with the idea of forming a band to perform The Eraser without sequencers, reproducing the electronic beats with Latin percussion. They formed a new band, Atoms for Peace, with musicians including