https://soundcloud.com/the-radio-dept/your-true-name
new single!
― ufo, Friday, 12 January 2018 12:24 (six years ago) link
yes!
― Isi, Saturday, 13 January 2018 08:11 (six years ago) link
Can a band have an imperial phase this long into its career, and when no one notices? Death to Fascism/Occupied/This Repeated Sodomy/Swedish Guns/We Got Game/Teach Me to Forget/Your True Name is an insane run of singles, and some of the album tracks (Can't Be Guilty, specifically) are even better.
― geoffreyess, Sunday, 14 January 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
imperial phase runs longer imo
what I love about The Radio Dept is that even with all the muffled, lo-fi production and political lyrics, their music always seems so melodically direct, it feels so instinctive that even listening to "Your True Name" for the first time just seems to fall into a kind of logic, like this song has always existed and they just managed to capture it floating in the air, the way the chords - like many of their songs - capture this peaceful melancholy.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 15 January 2018 11:43 (six years ago) link
they're probably the most consistent band of the last two decades
― ufo, Monday, 15 January 2018 11:59 (six years ago) link
Your true name reminds me of that new improved hypocrisy song they did. Otm above about consistency and that EP version of teach me to forget rules
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Saturday, 24 March 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rz3DWHlBSU
everything this band does is gold
― ufo, Friday, 31 August 2018 05:01 (five years ago) link
hell yeah
― yes, said (Ross), Friday, 31 August 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
― ufo, Friday, August 31, 2018 1:01 AM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Including this gem of a session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB8R2lFfo84
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 December 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
New single, apparently they’ll release one a month and compile them into an album
https://youtu.be/7wQYGTmjJyg
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
Love this. They don't really know how to write bad songs do they.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
that's really gorgeous, i love this band
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
the best band of all time
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
that harp is really chrono trigger
― ufo, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
a beautiful tune
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzFzSaObvvc
not quite as transcendent as the last one but i still love it
― ufo, Friday, 20 March 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFCoQRxclZs
this band can do no wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a38AvNvoqLI
― ufo, Friday, 3 July 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
at this point it's a case of wondering whether I will love or really love each new single they put out, what a faultless run they're on
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 4 July 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
Feel like a lot of the new singles this year are throwbacks to the sound of their first album - which makes me really happy!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 4 July 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
revisiting "Occupied" today
We all wish there was a hell for some peopleSome kind of retributionYou want him freed from his arms and legs, cashAnd crown and frownBut as you know that's not the way it goesWhen was it ever? No'Cause wicked people thriveWhile the likes of you go downDown, down, downDown, down, down
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
Simon, were you going to go see them at the Mod Club last year? I had a ticket, still bummed :(
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
I was not! But if they ever come back I will definitely make an attempt.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
Aren’t we supposed to have a new album around now? Did COVID derail their 2020 plans?
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
I would be happy with them just continuing to release an amazing single every few months
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
they were aiming to have released enough singles last year to compile on an album by the end of the year, yeah, but i would assume covid derailed that
the few they did put out were fantastic though so hopefully we get more before too long
― ufo, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
I'm smashing that LP preorder if/when that happens.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
(relatedly: I wish the 2xLP of Passive Aggressive was affordable anywhere)
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
I recently discovered the EP compilation, "I Don't Need Love, I've Got My Band". I guess this slots in before "Pet Grief" on their timeline. Great stuff with great sound.
― o. nate, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
yeah I was curious about that one
― Evan, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
I think I like it better than "Pet Grief" actually. Probably my second favorite of their releases after "Clinging to a Scheme".
― o. nate, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
This comp? OK noted! How about vs. Passive Aggressive Singles comp?
You can tell this is a cult band when you look at the vinyl prices on discogs by the way...
― Evan, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
I haven't heard that one, so can't compare.
― o. nate, Thursday, 4 February 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
I Don't Need Love... is a combo of two EPS, "Pulling Our Weight" and "This Past Week". Some of those songs but not all were on the Passive Aggressive comp.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
"There will be a new album and a reissue of Clinging soon enough" - https://www.instagram.com/p/CrT0VIwsPus/c/18212993155230836/r/18088537165334192/?hl=en
― blue6ave, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 04:46 (one year ago) link