Radiation

Rock · 1998 · 11 tracks

Radiation

A gritty, experimental pivot into 90s alternative textures. Distorted vocals and fuzz-drenched guitars replace the band's signature shimmer with urban restlessness.

It's the one where they tried to sound like Radiohead and ended up making their weirdest, grittiest record.

A restless and experimental exploration of urban isolation and social cynicism.

Radiation · vs · Marillion

Restless+4.0σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks

01

Costa del Slough

1:28

02

Under the Sun

4:10

03

The Answering Machine

3:48

04

Three Minute Boy

5:59

05

Now She’ll Never Know

4:59

06

These Chains

4:50

07

Born to Run

5:12

08

Cathedral Wall

7:20

09

A Few Words for the Dead

10:31

10

The Space…

4:13

11

Fake Plastic Trees

4:58

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring jump from the satirical acoustic opening of Costa del Slough into the distorted crunch of Under the Sun.

The eerie, skeletal falsetto and minimal piano that defines the heartbreak of Now She'll Never Know.

The massive, slow-building dub-influenced groove that anchors the ten-minute epic A Few Words for the Dead.

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