Today we take a closer look at Radio 4 as Desdemona gets closer and closer. Here is a cram course…….

- The band was named after a PIL (Public Image LTD) tune

- 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, and quickly recorded a three-song EP for New Jersey’s Gern Blandsten label.

- In 2003 the band landed a deal with Astralwerks and released an EP made up of a newly recorded version of “Dance to the Underground” plus a handful of remixes by acts like Playgroup and the Faint.

MySpace – Radio 4

Sounds Like – The Clash, Fugazi, The Rapture

Quoteable – “The title track of their latest album is a lethal single. Sleek and as propulsive as a rock’n'roll exocet, it is sprung with a throbbing bassline, possesses a nuclear-powered spleen and slicing guitar that will have fresh-faced dark rock newbies such as The Editors cowering behind their stylist.”

Listen – Radio 4- Too Much to Ask For

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