Its been four years since the last Radio Dept. full length studio album, Pet Grief, and though it was monumentally disappointing to me, Ive not given up on the Swedish dream-pop trio. With the release of their four song EP David, last year, they reinvigorated their sound and made me believe they had another great record in them. Now we come to the good stuff; the new record is titled Clinging To A Scheme and comes out April 21, but for now we have the beat-driven single with a Thurston Moore soundbyte to quench our shoegazin’ thirst. “Heavon’s On Fire” almost makes me think of a a shoegazing version of a Steve Winwood song; the horn section? Okay maybe thats a stretch.
The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s On Fire
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Haven’t ever had the time to listen to these guys, but it looks like I should have made the time, great track!
gonna bring the Radio Dept. song down to the beach tomorrow where it belongs. oh and i can’t believe the intro! Its from a film i saw for the first time today called “1991: The Year That Punk Broke” that’s Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth speaking into the mic while on tour in Europe!
having trouble wrapping my head around this blissful coincidence