Gotham!, by RADIO 4

Gotham!

by RADIO 4

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Dr. Rekorder There's a few songs on this record that are absolute favourites of mine, such as Our Town and Eyes wide open but all is topped by Certain Tragedy.

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1.	Our Town 03:42	buy track
2.	Start A Fire 03:33	buy track
3.	Eyes Wide Open 03:42	buy track
4.	Struggle 03:13	buy track
5.	Calling All Enthusiasts 03:06	buy track
6.	Save Your City 03:08	buy track
7.	Speaking In Codes 04:14	buy track
8.	Certain Tragedy 03:29	buy track
9.	Red Lights 03:08	buy track
10.	The Movies 04:03	buy track
11.	End Of The Rope 03:05	buy track
12.	Pipe Bombs 06:25	buy track
13.	New Disco 02:49	buy track

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Released in 2002, Gotham! is Radio 4's second full length record. It’s about New York, it was made in New York and it sounds like New York. After touring the states supporting their debut album, The New Song And Dance, R4 released the 12" ep Dance to the Underground, (which included the indie club hit DTTU and crowd favorite, Caroline). Following that ep’s success, the band was then able to team up with the red hot production duo the DFA (James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Tim Goldsworthy of UNKLE) to make a record that honored both their post punk beginnings and the current dance/electronic scene. Gotham! moves effortlessly from twitchy punk (Our Town) to funk (Struggle) to agit pop (Save Your City) to downtempo electro (Speaking in Codes), and never stops commenting on New York along the way. Coinciding with the early oughts NYC revolution (Strokes, Rapture, Interpol, YYY’S), the record was acclaimed worldwide, particularly in the UK, where it made year end lists in the NME and Uncut (et al), found them in rotation on MTV, and making festival appearances around the globe.

Credits

Anthony Roman-bass, vocals

Tommy Williams-guitar, vocals

Greg Collins-drums

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PJ O’connor -percussion

Nick Forte-sound manipulator

Produced and mixed by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy for the DFA at Plantain Studios NYC, summer/fall 2001

Engineered by Craig Schoen and Phil Palazzolo

Art by Tommy Williams, photo by Jusitn Scurti

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released July 17, 2020

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RADIO 4 New York, New York

Named after a P.I.L. song, Radio 4 revives the late-'70s/early-'80s post-punk of bands like Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, and P.I.L. by matching scratchy guitar riffs with danceable grooves. The band was formed in 1999 in New York City by bassist Anthony Roman, guitarist Tommy Williams, drummer Greg Collins, percussionist P.J. O'Connor, and keyboardist Gerard Garone, ... more

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