Bootleg: The Radio Dept. – KEXP session

The Radio Dept.’s recent KEXP session captures the band behind 2010’s best album of the year in stripped-down, semi-acoustic mode — the immaculate cocoon of sound that surrounds the Swedish act on record is pulled away, leaving these songs feeling naked and emotionally charged. Let “Heaven’s on Fire” break your heart a bit.

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1. Bus
2. Heaven’s On Fire
3. Sleeping In
4. The New Improved Hypocrisy

The band plays the El Rey on Feb. 16.

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(Via the Radio Dept.)