Clinging to a Scheme
Album | The Radio Dept.
Long-awaited third album by engagingly atmospheric Swedes.
Four years after 2006’s criminally overlooked Pet Grief, Sweden's .Radio Dept. finally returns with its third full-length. While Clinging to a Scheme nods to their past forays into shoegazer and synth territory, it's first and foremost a clandestine pop record, and a wonderfully concise one at that. Without a second wasted, the album reveals its variety and consistency in its first three tunes alone, moving from the woozy “Domestic Scene” to the vibrant, Thurston Moore-sampling “Heaven’s on Fire” to the crisp, clipped “This Time Around.” Other highlights include the slinky “Never Follow Suit,” which features a choice audio clip from the revered Style Wars documentary, and the dance-oriented, percussive “David.” While the Radio Dept.’s debut, Lesser Matters, rested in the shadow of My Bloody Valentine and much of Pet Grief revealed the clear influence of the Pet Shop Boys, Clinging to a Scheme isn’t dominated by any one inspiration, allowing it to stand on its own as a thoroughly satisfying dream-pop album.
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