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Pulling Our Weight
Pop · 2003 · 5 tracks

Pulling Our Weight

The Radio Dept.

Hazy, tape-saturated dream pop from Sweden. Brittle drum machines and submerged vocals create a perfect, melancholic soundtrack for solitary city walks.

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It sounds like a beautiful memory you can't quite grasp, recorded on a dusty old cassette.

A fragile, hazy melancholy that feels like watching the world through a rain-streaked window.

Pulling Our Weight · vs · The Radio Dept.
Self Examination+0.9σ

The writing leans a touch further into self examination than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Pulling Our Weight
3:21
02
We Climb the Wired Fences
4:13
03
I Don’t Need Love, I’ve Got My Band
3:15
04
Someone Else
2:19
05
The City Limit
5:53
Moments Worth Waiting For
The title track's opening drum machine loop that feels both mechanical and deeply fragile.
The way the guitar melody on 'The City Limit' slowly unravels over nearly six minutes of hazy repetition.
The sudden, sharp clarity of the synth line cutting through the fuzz on 'Someone Else'.
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