Radlands

Rock · 2012 · 11 tracks

Radlands

A dusty, Americana-infused detour recorded on a Texas ranch. Shimmering pedal steel and warm harmonies trade London polish for Austin grit.

It's like a British indie band went on a Texas ranch retreat and came back with a pedal steel and a tan.

A sun-drenched, weary romanticism that feels both adventurous and deeply homesick.

Radlands · vs · Mystery Jets

Acoustic Guitar+2.7σ

The instrumentation foregrounds acoustic guitar far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks

01

Radlands

5:29

02

You Had Me at Hello

4:23

03

Someone Purer

5:18

04

The Ballad of Emmerson Lonestar

4:58

05

Greatest Hits

3:36

06

The Hale Bop

3:02

07

The Nothing

4:56

08

Take Me Where the Roses Grow

4:32

09

Sister Everett

4:50

10

Lost in Austin

6:20

11

Luminescence

4:48

Moments Worth Waiting For

The soaring, communal vocal harmonies that break through the dusty arrangement on the title track

The way the pedal steel weeps through the mid-section of Someone Purer, grounding the British indie sensibilities in Texas soil

The intimate, piano-led vulnerability of Luminescence that closes the album with a sense of weary resolution

Sits BesideSee all

Break Our Fall

Shares americana, folk rock, indie rock (subgenres); harmonized, raspy, gentle (vocal style)

Lousy With Sylvianbriar

Lousy With Sylvianbriar

Shares americana, indie rock, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, live_recording, tape_saturation (production style)

Glory Chord

Shares analog_warmth, live_recording, tape_saturation (production style); americana, indie rock, folk rock (subgenres)

Blue Stars

Shares analog_warmth, live_recording, tape_saturation (production style); americana, folk rock, indie rock (subgenres)

Wasteland

Shares analog_warmth, stripped_back, tape_saturation (production style); americana, indie rock (subgenres)

Born and Raised

Born and Raised

Shares analog_warmth, live_recording, tape_saturation (production style); americana, folk rock (subgenres)

With Love From

Shares analog_warmth, live_recording, tape_saturation (production style); americana, folk rock (subgenres)

Changing Horses

Changing Horses

Shares americana, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

Hand Sown… Home Grown

Hand Sown… Home Grown

Shares americana, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

Cease to Begin

Shares indie rock, folk rock, americana (subgenres); wistful, nostalgic, melancholic (moods)

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