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Passive Aggressive

37.4M streams

37,425,397

Lesser Matters

27.7M streams

27,721,088

I Don't Need Love, I've Got My Band

22.6M streams

22,562,965

Pet Grief

20.3M streams

20,251,608

Clinging to a Scheme

12.8M streams

12,793,631

Running out of Love

11.4M streams

11,420,531

This Past Week

4.7M streams

4,697,234

Your True Name

3.6M streams

3,565,104

You Fear the Wrong Thing Baby

1.3M streams

1,263,997

Teach Me to Forget

1.1M streams

1,105,055

Biography

The Radio Dept. was formed in Malmö, Sweden in 2001 by Johan Duncanson and Martin Carlberg. Out of a great review in the music magazine Sonic (2002) they gained interest from the label Labrador. After a few eps, the band’s debut album “Lesser Matters” was released in January 2003 to much critical acclaim. When re-released by XL Recordings the band started to reach audiences internationally. All three singles from the album was featured on Single of the Week page in NME. The group enjoyed a more widespread recognition after three tracks (“Pulling Our Weight”, “I Don’t Like It Like This” and “Keen on Boys”) were included on the soundtrack for Sofia Coppola’s feature film Marie Antoinette. In 2006 “Pet Grief” was released and in 2010 “Clinging to a Scheme”. A lot of international touring followed as well as a compilation of A and B-sides ”Passive Aggressive” in 2011. While writing on their fourth and final album under their deal with Labrador, the band got caught up in a legal battle with Labrador, which in distress ultimately made the band scrap the album they were working on. After starting over “Running Out of Love” was finally released in 2016. The band left Labrador and decided to find a setup where they were in complete control of their releases. This resulted in forming the label “Just So!” in 2017. The band’s studio work is an ongoing, continuous process which since the birth of “Just So!” have resulted in a couple of new singles.