| 4/12/06 |
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In the fall of 2005 The Radio Dept. threw away a practically finished album because it ?sounded very electronic and too many bands were doing that kind of pop already?. Six months of fighting in front of the computer and tearing on each other later they?ve finished their new album ?Pet grief?. An album that is everything we could ever wish for. ?Pet grief? is a completely different album than the debut ?Lesser matters?.Still, you?ll hear from the very first chord that you?re listening to The Radio Dept. The mood is darker, more epic, grander and even more beautiful than ever. ?Pet grief? is the best songs Pet Shop Boys never wrote and the album you?d hoped My Bloody Valentine did after ?Loveless?. The key to what makes it so special, what makes it all sound so much like The Radio Dept. might be the ever present melancholy that permeate everything they write. It?s been three years since the debut album ?Lesser matters? was released (two since it was released by XL in the UK) and even if the band has released two Eps, ?Pulling our weight? (2003) and ?This past week? (2005) since that ?Pet grief? is definitely the most anticipated Swedish album in a very, very long time. PRESS ?Lesser Matters? (debut album from 2003) 'The Radio Dept are almost angelic and accessible in spite of the dirty, rough-edged production.' (Time Out) '...these Swedes re-tweak the formula, sounding, if anything, better than Ride, Slowdive, Lush, Boo Radleys et.al.' (Uncut, 4/5) 'The Radio Dept. are like sonic candyfloss, melting away to leave something delicate and sweet' (Mojo) 'Lesser Matters is surely the most purely satisfying and occasionally heartbreaking indie-pop album of the year.' (The Sunday Times) 'The Radio Dept. are the sort of band who you wish you were in as soon as you hear them.' (NME, Single Of The Week for 'Why Won't You Talk About It?') 'This album is a miniature classic' (NME, 9/10)
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Drunken Trees
On Trade Winds
No Way Down
Prelude
7 Trx + Intermission
Orphans of the Storm
Moto boy
Boss For Leader
Swoon
En hand himlen
About You Now
My get up and go just got up and went
A Master Of Ceremonies
Fleau
Rewind
Book of Norma
Lies
Fuglesang
Constants In An Ever Changing Universe 
Hidden
If I Had A Heart
Big in Japan
Runaway
Skimret
The First Tick
när jag vänder mig om
Zelda
The Baltic Sea
Push Up
The Jacket (Karin Knife remix)
Karaoke Amy's fave pick: Speed of Light
Electric Light - Gorm Jay Soft Club Mix
Auld Lang Syne
Line of fire Radio version
Popkumm
Optical Blue - Mindwaltz
Night Lights
