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Lesser Matters
Pop · 2003 · 13 tracks

Lesser Matters

The Radio Dept.

Brittle drum machines and hazy guitars submerged in a layer of intentional tape hiss. A definitive document of Swedish melancholia and bedroom-pop intimacy.

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It's the sound of a rainy Swedish autumn captured on a slightly damaged cassette tape.

A profound sense of urban loneliness wrapped in warm, protective layers of analog noise.

Lesser Matters · vs · The Radio Dept.
Nostalgia+1.5σ

The writing leans notably further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Too Soon
1:18
02
Where Damage Isn’t Already Done
2:44
03
Keen on Boys
4:53
04
Why Won’t You Talk About It?
3:10
05
It’s Been Eight Years
2:34
06
Bus
2:58
07
Slottet #2
3:08
08
1995
3:13
09
Against the Tide
4:23
10
Strange Things Will Happen
4:27
11
Your Father
4:02
12
Ewan
2:24
13
Lost and Found
4:09
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden burst of distorted guitar fuzz that swallows the melody on Why Won’t You Talk About It?
The fragile, high-pitched synth melody that carries the emotional weight of Keen on Boys.
The way the drum machine feels slightly too loud and sharp against the soft vocal on Where Damage Isn’t Already Done.
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