Radio Dept -

Swedish lo-fi band currently consisting of members Johan Duncanson, Martin Larrson and Daniel Tjader. Claiming influences from St Etienne, the Pet Shop Boys and Nick Drake they are an understated mix of Snow Patrol, Low and Elbow with definite leanings towards eighties synth pop. According to Drowned in Sound, Radio Dept. have ‘the same majesty and ethereal wonder contained in the best works of the Flaming Lips, Boo Radleys, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain and Mercury Rev, plus tens of other bands who have bled their soul onto acetate.’