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The Radio Dept captures stiff synth beats, mixed with beautiful guitar melodies and synth keyboards wrapped up in its low-fi glory. Their sound may strike you as an 80s, Pet Shop Boys sound-a-like, and that is a huge compliment given how this threesome has grown since their beginnings in 1995 and evolved to perfect their obscure niche in the music biz. Its true: Nobody does it like they do.

After discovering their album, Pet Grief, their most talked about album, we were hooked from Day 1. Afterall, synth beats, and hard-topped ambient post-punk sound makes for quite a nice package; especially when it arrives at the door to someone who admires the 80s synths and the most simplistic, yet essential drumkit stamped onto every song.

After much return to The Radio Dept's catalogue we're heavily anticipating their latest addition, Clinging To A Scheme, which could be released literally any day now. The below exerpt was taken from their label's website and eludes to the album getting released on the Fall or Winter of 2008. Since the release of their EP back in May of this year, Freddie and the Trojan Horse, our anticipation has grown and mutated to an exitement beyond control. If you'd like to catch up with The Radio Dept., you can go to their MySpace and leave them a friendly message.

MP3: The Radio Dept - Freddie And The Trojan Horse (buy)
MP3: The Radio Dept - It's Personal (buy)

If you're looking for FREE music from Labrador or from The Radio Dept., this page on their website offers a link to download their Summer Sampler right here and the band has a link on their MySpace to a free download of their Annie Laurie EP right here.

From their label's website:

The single "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" was released in May 2008 and it's a first taste of their upcoming album ”Clinging to a scheme” due to be released in the fall/winter of 2008. The new songs are said to be influenced by minimalistic post-punk, krautrock, repetitive "motorik" beat and ambient noise.