Is it legit? I know there's some question about the leak a few days ago (maybe this one's different?)
"Heaven's on Fire" is awesome, but sadly not a KISS cover.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 February 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, mine is good and i'm liking it so far.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 21 February 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
The only problem with this band is the vocals. Who decided the guy could sing? ...he's terrible! They would be like a million times better with a good singer.
― one boob is free with one (daavid), Sunday, 21 February 2010 04:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Just got a hot review on p4k. Kinda jj'ish? (Or is that vice-versa?) Anyway, I'm taking the cover as a recommendation and I plan to listen to the album in preferred state this week.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
this is a great record. one of my most played for 2010. it is perfect for night listening. might be their best album yet.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 05:35 (fourteen years ago) link
will have to go read the review, thank for pointing it out.
It is a great album though it's not a huge growth. I like it much more than Pet Grief, but not as much as Lesser Matters, which I don't think they'll ever top.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 07:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Picked this up last week myself and it's excellent... possibly their best work.
Agreed that "Heaven's on Fire" is stunning.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
First two tracks from the album in a single video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXbBT0ZNr5s
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
The highs are extremely high and the lows have improved (for me) over time. Kind of wish it were longer but it's better to be short and perfect than long and patchy.
― skip, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
it's better to be short and perfect than long and patchy.
This applies nicely to the jj album, too. I don't see the comparison except for a couple tracks, but both albums are short and sweet, and among my most played of the last few weeks.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i read these guys set out to sound nothing like jj or balearic. don't think they do either tbh.
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
is that dude taking a hit out of a shotgun?
― dazzle shjips (Future_Perfect), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't think this band has been much good since half the band left sometime after the 1st album. This new one is better than Pet Grief though, but I didn't like that one at all.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
PEOPLE SEE ROCK AND ROLL AS-- AS YOUTH CULTURE
AND WHEN YOUTH CULTURE BECOMES MONOPOLIZED BY BIG BUSINESS... WHAT ARE THE YOUTH TO DO
DO YOU-- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
I THINK WE SHOULD DESTROY THE BOGUS CAPITALIST PROCESS THAT IS DESTROYING YOUTH CULTURE
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
This is really good, the whole album has this upbeat-yet-melancholy sense around it, which is really charming.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:31 (fourteen years ago) link
these guys suck. subpar indie papp. plugging your guitar in direct doesn't make you shoegaze, it just makes the guitar sound like it's plugged in direct.this is lo-fi bedroom generic indie straight from 1992. send it back.
this is lo-fi bedroom generic indie straight from 1992. send it back.
― AlexPh, Thursday, 29 April 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i like this album a lot more than pet grief, but still not quite up to the debut. they really really need to drop whatever fx they use on the voice. it won't kill them, sambassadeur survived and came out sounding a lot better for it.
― ways t'burg (electricsound), Sunday, 2 May 2010 09:37 (fourteen years ago) link
they have released some more new stuff this year, they are sounding a lot like early Cure again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cufn8iXYmE
― Bee OK, Thursday, 16 September 2010 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i like it, but seriously dude it's time to consider a different way of processing your voice. why, labrador records, why??
― the groin transfer (electricsound), Thursday, 16 September 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
New double-disc collection, "Passive Aggressive," is out tomorrow. Funny to me that it's categorized as "a-sides and b-sides" (Radio Dept. have a-sides?), but it's still a welcome collection. All of the second disc is unknown to me. Only a handful from the first disc are new to me, but it's still enough to make it worthwhile.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 05:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i will be picking this up
― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 05:45 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm i'm p sure i have all those tracks on the various singles, will need to check
― bouquet brigade (electricsound), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 05:45 (thirteen years ago) link
It's nearly all taken from the various singles, plus a couple of compilation appearances and non-album singles. EPs are under-represented, albums are over-represented.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
This singles collection is surprisingly easy for me to keep coming back to.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Saturday, 11 June 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Agree.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Sunday, 12 June 2011 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
All three albums have been reissued on vinyl...
http://www.labrador.se/shop.php3http://www.insound.com/Radio-Dept/A/19661/
― Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Thursday, 30 June 2011 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
New single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xImOZW0t7w
I didn't expect them to absorb early house music influences, much less for that to work, but I really like this direction.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link
These guys really take long breaks between releases! "Clinging to a Scheme" seems like it was half a lifetime ago. Kinda thought they'd broken up.
― o. nate, Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
"occupied" rules
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, nice stuff. I wouldn't mind an album of songs like that.
― o. nate, Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
It's great! It'd be nice if a new album came out with some summer to spare.
― Evan, Thursday, 18 June 2015 04:21 (eight years ago) link
Spotify has the new tracks---"Occupied" plus two more. And apparently they snuck in a single last year, too, though I'm not as crazy about that one.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 18 June 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link
omg hooray i return to "clinging to a scheme" all the time and always think "whatever happened to those guys"
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 18 June 2015 05:22 (eight years ago) link
There was a really long stretch between Pet Grief and Clinging, too. That's just their pace I guess. See also Kings of Convenience.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 18 June 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link
I wouldn't mind a new album.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 19 June 2015 04:49 (eight years ago) link
Wow, these guys really like releasing songs with zero fanfare, huh: https://soundcloud.com/labrador-records/the-radio-dept-this-repeated-sodomy-1
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 06:09 (eight years ago) link
I like this track - has a big Lesser Matters feel.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
Still being ignored. Still killing it. Their 2015 single "Occupied" is incredible. The base chord changes sound like the Twin Peaks score.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
New album this year. Supposedly.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Heavens on Fire is perfect pop forever
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
They'll be here in Seoul in a couple of weeks. Very excited.
― Millsner, Thursday, 16 June 2016 08:30 (seven years ago) link
NEW ALBUM ALERT
http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/200308/9
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Excited for this. The new songs they played here last month sounded great.
― Millsner, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
So excited. "Occupied" is still great.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
Is Indie Dom still ignoring them? I hope he catches on.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
pet grief is kind of cool
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
This is the best music news I've heard all year.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
this album is glorious
― art baengels (monotony), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 07:59 (seven years ago) link
i especially love can't be guilty & committed to the cause
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 09:55 (seven years ago) link