Day 29: The Radio Dept And Me
How I Came To Be
šµ The Radio Dept.
In high school I was just a shy snap-back wearing hockey kid who mostly listened to Pearl Jam and played Call of Duty.
I wasnāt hip enough to have discovered The Shins from the iconic Garden State scene, for me that moment was seeing a Wincing The Night Away tour tee on the back of an arty music classmate that I was jealous of.
This newfound interest in indie music eventually brought me to a music blog that was raving over āHeavenās On Fireā, a new The Radio Dept. song thatād end up transforming my taste in music, and me, forever.
š.comListening to The Radio Dept. for the first time & I think this is the best music I have ever heardItās still some of the best music Iāve ever heard, but itās a shame that they donāt come up more often when discussing the great indie bands of the early aughts. The fuzzy and noisy dream pop sound on their debut record, Lesser Matters, is still just as refreshing now and itās been nearly twenty years. The only group that ever really came close was The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (who I also love) and that wasnāt until 2009.
Iām still that same kid in a lot of ways, but at least my desire to be ācoolā brought The Radio Dept. and I together way back then.
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- Tyler
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