The Radio Dept.
“Occupied”
Occupied (out 06.16 on Labrador)
After yesterday’s post about a pair of mercurial Swedes, it’s only right to shout out the new single from one of the OG mercurial Swedish groups, The Radio Dept. Unlike Karl X Johan’s tossed-off Whitesnake cover, “Occupied” is very much the finished article — a dark, droning seven-minute epic that pairs Johan Duncanson’s brooding vocals with icy synths and busy, rising percussion. While it’s unclear if this 3-song EP will be a harbinger for a proper follow-up to 2010’s well-loved, Clinging to a Scheme, it’s good to know that the group is still cooking with gasoline, even as they enter their third decade of existence. Long may it continue.
