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The Radio Dept. is an indie pop band from Lund, Sweden.
History The band was conceived in 1995 by schoolmates Elin Almered and
Johan Duncanson, who named the group after a
gas-station-turned-radio-repair-shop called "Radioavdelningen" (The Radio
Department in Swedish). However, Almered and Duncanson soon stopped playing
music together, putting the band on hiatus. The group was reborn three
years later, in 1998, when Duncanson starting making music with Martin
Larsson. In 2001, Larsson's then girlfriend Lisa Carlberg joined the group
on bass, followed by Per Blomgren on drums and Daniel Tjader on keyboards.
Later in 2001, the band sent recordings to music magazine Sonic, receiving
a positive review and being featured on the free CD sampler that came with
the magazine. Labrador Records heard them on the disc and signed them to
their label. Per Blomgren left the group prior to the release of thei
Discography
Pet Grief
Lesser Matters
Where Damage Isn't Already Done
Lesser Matters
Ewan
This Past Week
