Add Date: February 1
Artist: The Radio Dept.
Album: Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010
Label: Labrador
Genre: Rock, indie pop
Comments: If you're like me, last year's excellent Clinging to a Scheme was your introduction to Swedish shoegaze pop darlings The Radio Dept. Consider, then, this double-disc, 28-track collection--split evenly with 14 A-sides and 14 B-sides--to be your capstone course. On the surface, it's hard to justify such a comprehensive set for a band that's only put out three proper LPs; however, as it turns out, they have a penchant for releasing some of their best music in single and EP form. (Indeed, two of my favorite tracks on the A-side disc, "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" and "Pulling Our Weight," don't appear on any of the three full-lengths.) Not to mention that whole second disc of B-sides...
If you spun Clinging to a Scheme, you'll recognize standouts "Heaven's on Fire" and "Never Follow Suit" from that release. Also check out tracks 10, 1 and 5 on disc one.
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