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Lesser Matters

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Released
  
March 4, 2003

Lesser Matters (2003)
  
Pet Grief (2006)

Release date
  
4 March 2003

Length
  
43:10

Artist
  
The Radio Dept.

Label
  
Labrador Records

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Genres
  
Shoegazing, Dream pop, Indie pop

Producers
  
Johan Duncanson, Martin Carlberg

Similar
  
The Radio Dept albums, Shoegazing albums, Other albums

The radio dept too soon


Lesser Matters is the 2003 debut of Swedish pop group The Radio Dept. It received rave reviews, achieving 'universal acclaim' status from Metacritic, and was ranked the 9th best album of 2004 by NME magazine. It received favorable reviews from UNCUT, Mojo and Q Magazine with a rating of 84/100 on Metacritic.

Contents

The song "Keen on Boys" and "Pulling Our Weight" were featured in Sofia Coppola's adaptation of Marie Antoinette, appearing also on the soundtrack to the film.

Track listing

Songs written by Johan Duncanson, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Too Soon" – 1:17 (Johan Duncanson/Martin Larsson)
  2. "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" – 2:43
  3. "Keen on Boys" – 4:53 (Duncanson/Larsson)
  4. "Why Won't You Talk About It?" – 3:08
  5. "It's Been Eight Years" – 2:33
  6. "Bus" – 2:58
  7. "Slottet #2" (The Castle #2) – 3:07
  8. "1995" – 3:11
  9. "Against the Tide" – 4:23
  10. "Strange Things Will Happen" – 4:24
  11. "Your Father" – 4:01
  12. "Ewan" – 2:23
  13. "Lost and Found" – 4:09 (Duncanson/Larsson)

Personnel

  • Johan Duncansson - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Per Blomgren - drums
  • Lisa Carlberg - bass, piano
  • Martin Larsson - vocals, guitar, keyboards,
  • Elin Almered - lead vocals (track 10 only), cover artwork
  • Johannes Burström - synth (track 3, 8)

    • Songs

    1Too Soon1:18
    2Where Damage Isn't Already Done2:45
    3Keen on Boys4:53

    References

    Lesser Matters Wikipedia
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