release date: Apr. 21, 2010
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,04]
producer: Johan Duncanson, Martin Carlberg
label: Labrador Records - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "Domestic Scene" - 2. "Heaven's on Fire" (4 / 5) (live on WFUV) - 3. "This Time Around" - 4. "Never Follow Suit" (4 / 5) - 6. "The Video Dept." (4 / 5) - 8. "David"
3rd studio album by The Radio Dept. released on Labrador and produced by Johan Duncanson and Martin Carlberg.
Stylistically, this is like its two predecessors indie pop and dream pop. It's also music with bonds to other fine Scandinavian artists like Cardigans and The Knife, and it bridges to British dream pop artists like Saint Etienne and Cocteau Twins. However, the sound also seems inspired by first and foremost My Bloody Valentine, but also New Order, The Smiths, and Felt.
I think, it's a fine and quite unique blend of their own, and the whole album is the band's most coherent and also the band's so far best album, imho.
Highly recommendable.
[ allmusic.com, NME, Drowned in Sound 4 / 5 stars ]
