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Artist | The Radio Dept.
Title | Running Out Of Love
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 44:51
Label | Labrador Records Store | 2016
Catalog | LAB158 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 225 kbps Size | 76.80 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Sloboda Narodu 3:13
02. Swedish Guns 5:35
03. We Got Game 4:14
04. Thieves Of State 1:16
05. Occupied 7:19
06. This Thing Was Bound To Happen 3:12
07. Can't Be Guilty 4:36
08. Committed To The Cause 5:48
09. Running Out Of Love 3:30
10. Teach Me To Forget 6:08
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────┤ Notes ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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The Radio Dept. were one of the more successful shoegaze-influenced indie
rock bands to come out of Sweden in the early 2000s, making waves among
indie aficionados on the strength of their critically acclaimed first
release, "Lesser Matters". Elin Almered and Johan Duncanson formed a
prototypical version of the group in Lund, Sweden, in 1995 while they were
in high school, naming the group after a gas station called
Radioavdelningen. Almered and Duncanson disbanded almost as soon as they'd
found a name, but Duncanson revived the group three years later, teaming up
with Martin Larsson. Bassist Lisa Carlberg, drummer Per Blomgren, and
keyboardist Daniel Tjader rounded out the lineup in 2001, and things took
off for the group at that point.
After a prolonged gestation period that included legal battles with their
longtime label Labrador, an album that they started and discarded, and a
change in musical direction, in 2016 The Radio Dept. issued their first
album in six years. "Running Out Of Love" showcased their immersion in
various forms of dance music and their deep interest in politics, while
still delivering the strong hooks and sweeping melodies their music always
had. The shift to a dancier direction was first previewed on the singles
that occasionally escaped, and Running takes it all the way with songs that
borrow from Detroit techno (the Inner City-inspired 'We Got Game'),
early-90s IDM ('Occupied'), baggy Stone Roses-styled funk ('Committed To
The Cause'), and glitchy late-night electronica ('Teach Me To Forget').
They stray further afield for the tropical pop of "Sloboda Narodu", the
loping "Swedish Guns", which sounds like Ace of Base turned inside out, the
slow-motion machine soul of the title track, and the clipped Pet Shop
Boys-ish electropop of "This Thing Was Bound To Happen". No matter the
sound or style, the duo shows complete mastery and turns everything into a
Radio Dept. song, with all the emotion and beauty that implies. The lush
banks of synths, the nimble keyboards that lead the melodies, the rumbling
basslines, and the crack drum programming mean the guitars that usually
dominate a Radio Dept. album aren't missed at all. There are only a couple
songs where guitars even appear.
That their lyrical focus seems more focused outward, toward the injustices
of the modern world and the political systems that make life a trial,
doesn't make much difference, since the duo approaches the topics with a
light touch and Johan Duncanson's yearning vocals can make anything sound
good. While their fans who still long for the band's early shoegaze years
may not find much to appreciate here, those who are drawn to the band's
overriding aesthetic and knack for crafting hooks that last a long time
will find "Running Out Of Love" to be a very worthy addition to The Radio
Dept. catalog. It may even be their most consistently impressive and
overall most cohesive record to date.
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Indie of the year.