Preview for TV on the Radio's 'Dear Science'

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Preview for TV on the Radio's 'Dear Science'

Written by Tyler Barlass

Friday, 05 September 2008

TV on the Radio silently became the world's indie rock darlings in 2006. The band's dark yet melodic major label break through, Return to Cookie Mountain, helped gain TV on the Radio a cornucopia of new fans and at the same time a mountain of expectations for this year's follow up.

The new album, which will be the band's second release through Interscope records, will go by the name Dear Science and is scheduled for a September 23rd release date.

Recently the band has begun streaming two of the songs off of Dear Science on their website. The two songs are titled "Golden Age" and "Dancing Choose," to listen click here.

If you take to time to hear the new songs you should be able to tell that there's a pretty sharp difference between the new material and TVOTR's last album. The songs seem more lively and upbeat when compared to Cookie Mountian's solemnly downtrodden and slightly industrial sound. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the band goes a bit more in depth on the making of Dear Science.

TV on the Radio explains that the new record is "our version of a dance record," and that the band's sound will be much less "murky" than before. The band also goes on to explain that over 30 tracks were created for the disc before being whittled down to the lucky 14 that made the final album. It also may be relevant to note that TVOTR smoked "slightly less" weed while making Dear Science than while making Cookie Mountian. Whether that's good or bad news it for you to decide.

While the new album is a definite departure from the band's earlier sound, I am enjoying the new songs quite a bit. Change is rarely a bad thing in my book, and I think TVOTR's fans are intelligent enough to realize that no well respected band wants to stay stagnant or become pigeonholed. Early reviews of the new album have been outstanding and I expect no less from such a talented group of songwriters. To read the full, and rather funny review with TV on the Radio, click here.