The Radio Dept.
Lesser Matters
XL Recordings
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2024
LP
27.99
XLLP177
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Tracklist
1Too Soon 1:18
2Where Damage Isn't Already Done 2:44
3Keen On Boys 4:53
4Why Won't You Talk About It? 3:10
5It's Been Eight Years 2:34
6Bus 2:58
7Slottet #2 3:08
81995 3:13
9Against The Tide 4:23
10Strange Things Will Happen 4:27
11Your Father 4:02
12Ewan 2:24
13Lost And Found 4:09

In 1995, schoolmates Elin Almered and Johan Duncanson started a band which they named after a gas-station-turned-radio-repair-shop called Radioavdelningen (Swedish for The Radio Department). In 2001, the Radio Dept. sent recordings to music magazine Sonic, receiving a positive review and being featured on the free CD sampler that came with the magazine.

Labrador Records heard them on the disc and signed them to their label. The band"s debut album »Lesser Matters« (2003) was well received by the music press, scoring 10 out of 10 in the NME. NME would rank Lesser Matters ninth on their list of the 50 best albums of 2004. The album received an 84/100 (Universal acclaim) on Metacritic from a total of five reviews.