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Never Follow Suit
Pop · 2010 · 4 tracks · 20m

Never Follow Suit

The Radio Dept.

Hazy Swedish dream pop meets Jamaican dub. A five-track collection of panoramic delays, hypnotic bass lines, and melodies that drift like smoke through a cold city.

November 9, 2010 · Labrador

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A detached, hypnotic serenity that feels like watching the world through a frosted window.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 20m
01
The One
2:46
03
Stay Off Route
1:42
04
On Your Side
3:08
05
Never Follow Suit (Fruit dub by Pistol disco)
8:17
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the title track dissolves into an eight-minute dub excursion with echoing percussion and deep, oscillating bass
The sudden, brief clarity of the melody on 'The One' before it sinks back into the tape hiss
The hypnotic repetition of the guitar loop on 'Stay Off Route' that feels like a short-circuiting memory
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Never Follow Suit sound next to the rest of The Radio Dept.'s catalogue?

Fog+1.7σ

Fog saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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