"The Wheel" starts off very sudden, don't you think? Gotta admit, at first I thought this 1 minute preview was from the ending of the track (like when all the singing parts are done and there's a long instrumentation which comes down into fade). Maybe they'll do this thing on the album when one song ("The Ministry of Social Affairs") is "transforms" into the next one (like "Urn" and "Civil War Correspondent")?

I totally disagree with the person who said the song could fit on les. Les was way more sparse, the only thing similar is that the songs are a bit political.

I'm still surprised homo sappy didn't even make it, since there was talk of it being a single.

Hmm just pre-ordered the album on iTunes as it said it would give me The Wheel instantly... but nothing happened. No Wheel, no nothing!

Anyone else find it kinda funny how she's reading the lyrics as she's singing them in the album preview video? Considering how long she spends working on the words of her songs these days it's a little odd that she can't remember them in the studio. Perhaps the lyrics went through many versions/revisions and it's hard to keep track of their final incarnation. I find it kind of endearing actually.