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(The) - Pet Grief (20th Anniversary Edition): Opaque Maroon Vinyl LP DINKED ARCHIVE EDITION EXCLUSIVE 037 *Pre-Order","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date Friday 11th December 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll pre-orders will be dispatched\/made ready for collection on that day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDINKED ARCHIVE EXCLUSIVE 037\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Radio Dept.\u003cbr\u003ePet Grief (20th Anniversary Edition)\u003cbr\u003eJust So!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDINKED ARCHIVE EDITION 037 £34.99\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-f1b9e565-7fff-9cd0-9409-45d8721c37aa\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpaque maroon vinyl*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFold out poster (60 x 46 cm)*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBand logo bumper sticker*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObi strip \u0026amp; gold foil sticker*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGatefold packaging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited machine numbered pressing 500*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. It’s Personal\u003cbr\u003e2. Pet Grief\u003cbr\u003e3. A Window\u003cbr\u003e4. I Wanted You to Feel The Same\u003cbr\u003e5. South Side\u003cbr\u003e6. The Worst Taste in Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Every Time\u003cbr\u003e8. What Will Give?\u003cbr\u003e9. Gibraltar\u003cbr\u003e10. Sleeping In\u003cbr\u003e11. Tell\u003cbr\u003e12. Always a Relief\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Radio Dept. have announced a twentieth-anniversary vinyl reissue of Pet Grief, their sophomore album and one of the most quietly distinctive records in their catalogue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released on 12 April 2006, Pet Grief emerged from a period of false starts and reinvention. The band had already recorded much of a more electronic album before deciding that it felt too close to what was happening around them at the time. They put most of it aside and began again, bringing guitars back into the process and reconnecting with some of the melodic instincts behind Lesser Matters. But the result was not a return to Lesser Matters. Instead, Pet Grief became its cleaner, more restrained counterpart: twelve songs built from soft-focus synthesisers, programmed rhythms, piano, strings and guitars allowed to shimmer rather than overwhelm. What initially seemed like a very pop record later revealed itself as something calmer, mellower and sadder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround the same time, music supervisor Brian Reitzell approached The Radio Dept. about contributing music to Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. The film ultimately featured three earlier Radio Dept. songs, while some of the unused music developed during that period found its way into Pet Grief. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePet Grief was also a deliberate attempt to escape the language that had formed around The Radio Dept.'s debut. Rather than repeat the distortion-heavy, reverb-soaked sound of Lesser Matters, Johan Duncanson and Martin Carlberg, credited at the time as Martin Larsson, looked towards a cleaner strain of 1980s pop, with Prefab Sprout, The Blue Nile and Pet Shop Boys among the reference points. Recorded and produced by the band themselves, Pet Grief remained rooted in the same fiercely independent idea that had guided them from the beginning: pop music made at home, without surrendering creative control. The title refers to the idea of grief as something one keeps close and tends to, almost like a pet. Rather than a passing emotion to be overcome, it becomes a familiar companion and part of one's way of seeing the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat atmosphere is present before the record even begins. The cover photograph was taken by Johan Duncanson's father, Alan Duncanson, at Skånes Djurpark in southern Sweden in the mid-1980s. Rediscovered years later among his parents' photographs, its kilts, cigarettes, children and slightly blurred distance became inseparable from the album's identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The songs on Pet Grief are easy to fall in love with.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePITCHFORK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Amid all the darkness, shines a bright light.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A sublime piece of work.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIT'S A TRAP!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Touring after Pet Grief was quite boring actually.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJOHAN DUNCANSON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThank you for looking at our listing, below are a few points to consider before making a purchase:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- All records we sell are Brand New - pre-orders will normally come sealed but if you are purchasing in stock items, please note the copy may have been unsealed for display in the shop. Please email straight after purchase to enquire if this is of importance to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Orders won't ship until all items are released, so keep this in mind when purchasing multiple pre-orders or a mix of in stock and pre-order items.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- The 'Product' page will show the most up to date info we have with regards to the item and its release date, but this information is subject to change so check in with us if you have any questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- We unfortunately don't offer tax\/vat outside of the UK via the website so please keep in mind that when the items arrives in your country you may be liable to pay a further charge before delivery. (all UK orders the price you see is the price you will pay). Please also note that we are unable to adjust the declared value on items sold internationally.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Radio Dept. (The)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55675648344440,"sku":"JUSTSO003lp-C3","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0348\/2704\/2955\/files\/A37_MAIN_SQ.jpg?v=1790240070","url":"https:\/\/www.crashrecords.co.uk\/products\/radio-dept-the-pet-grief-20th-anniversary-edition-opaque-maroon-vinyl-lp-dinked-archive-edition-exclusive-037-pre-order","provider":"Crash Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}