500 Greatest Albums of the 2000's # 456 The Radio Dept - Lesser Matters

 

In some ways the Post Millennial musical experience has been a confusing one. It's difffucilt to establish reliable hirarchies like back in the day when you just said, 'Ok the Beatles!' Or if you were directing someone towards a Heavy Rock Band you'd just say. 'Give Led Zep a listen.'

Now it's a pretty foolish pursuit to even say 'What's the best record of the year.' The Internet has just broken apart that whole conventional ballpack and conversational ballgame we've fallen back on. The sheer availability of music of every stripe and description makes ranking records of an entirely different nature a thankless task to say the least. 

But why complain. When you can listen at will to Scandinavians whispering sweet nothing Indie. Suicide meet Orange Juice through a My Bloody Valentine meets Shins filter.. A rather lovely way to herald in a Monday evening in July as the light gathers and prepares to fail.

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