{"product_id":"radio-dept-pet-grief-20th-anniversary-vinyl","title":"Radio Dept - Pet Grief (20th Anniversary Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRadio Dept - Pet Grief (20th Anniversary Vinyl)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable to pre-order now, released November 13th. As this an import, we may receive this a week later.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note : If you pre-order an item and add more items in stock, we will ship the order together when the pre-order arrives. Release dates are subject to change, we don't send out emails, any changes are updated on the website.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Radio Dept.'s Pet Grief returns on this 20th Anniversary Edition, bringing the Swedish band's second album back to vinyl two decades after its original 2006 release. Arriving after Lesser Matters, it deliberately sidestepped that debut's fuzzier guitar rush in favour of something cleaner, calmer and more inward-looking: dream-pop and indie-pop shaded with synth-pop touches, programmed beats, soft-focus keys, piano and strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat shift is a big part of what makes Pet Grief so distinctive in the band's catalogue. Contemporary accounts point to touchstones like Prefab Sprout, The Blue Nile and Pet Shop Boys, but The Radio Dept. keep the music understated rather than slick. Across its twelve songs, the record circles loss, memory and quiet sadness, with melodies that stay light on their feet even when the mood is bruised. Tracks like “Pet Grief” and “The Worst Taste In Music” show how easily the band could make melancholy feel graceful instead of heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also a useful bit of context behind the album's atmosphere: during this period, the band were approached by music supervisor Brian Reitzell in connection with Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, and some unused material from that wider creative spell fed into the album's world. Heard now, Pet Grief still stands as one of The Radio Dept.'s most elegant and emotionally precise records—less immediate than its predecessor, perhaps, but all the more rewarding for its restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's Personal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePet Grief\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Window\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Wanted You To Feel The Same\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Side\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Worst Taste In Music\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery Time\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Will Give?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGibraltar\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleeping In\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTell\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlways A Relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Radio Dept","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67958344745208,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/7403\/files\/pet.jpg?v=1793757476","url":"https:\/\/happyvalleyshop.com\/products\/radio-dept-pet-grief-20th-anniversary-vinyl","provider":"Happy Valley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}