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Pet Grief
Pop · 2006 · 12 tracks

Pet Grief

The Radio Dept.

Submerged synthesizers and brittle drum machines create a hazy, melancholic pop record that feels like a fading memory of a rainy city night.

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It's the ultimate soundtrack for when you want to feel like the main character in a sad, beautiful European movie.

A gentle, persistent ache that feels both lonely and deeply comforting.

Pet Grief · vs · The Radio Dept.
Love Lost+0.8σ

The writing leans a touch further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
It’s Personal
3:38
02
Pet Grief
3:10
03
A Window
3:28
04
I Wanted You to Feel the Same
2:31
05
South Side
1:17
06
The Worst Taste in Music
3:21
07
Every Time
3:44
08
What Will Give?
4:31
09
Gibraltar
1:35
10
Sleeping In
3:32
11
Tell
3:10
12
Always a Relief
3:21
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the synth pad swells and then abruptly cuts in the title track, mimicking a sudden intake of breath.
The skeletal, high-pitched keyboard melody on 'The Worst Taste in Music' that feels like it's being played in a distant room.
The transition into the instrumental 'Gibraltar' where the percussion feels like it's dissolving into a digital mist.
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