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Jun 19, 2004 12:00 a.m. - KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment
Radio 4 Wants The ’Nation’ To Dance
Brooklyn dance-punk outfit Radio 4 has set a Sept. 7 release date for its full-length Astralwerks debut, "Stealing of a Nation." The pressure of moving from an independent label to a major would be stress on any band in this day and age -- but it hasn’t seemed to phase the quintet over the last year. "There are bands on Astralwerks far weirder than we are," vocalist/bassist Anthony Roman said. Not to say that Radio 4 is weird, but left of center, for sure. After all, punk kids from Long Island who want to you to move your body aren’t exactly the norm these days. What was supposed to be a month-long recording process stretched to three, with all five members working seven days a week with British producer Max Heyes (Doves, Primal Scream). "Nation" wound up being recorded and mixed in seven different studios in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island, with 20-hour days more the norm than the exception. Luckily, the meticulous attention to detail has paid off. "Stealing of a Nation" finds the group refined in subtle ways, consciously departing from its heavily Gang Of Four-influenced 2002 album "Gotham!" Says keyboardist Gerard Garone, "If you listen to the two records in a row, I think it a giant leap for us. Sonically and structurally, they are pretty different." "We wanted to make it dancier and more song-oriented," Roman observes. "I think the vocals are a lot better and more melodic and there’s a bit less of that twitchy hyperactive thing going on." As Radio 4’s sound matures, the politics of punk still remain a staple in its lyrical imagery. "We feel that at this stage in history and the state of the world as it stands today people have to speak out. There is no time for apathy or silence," Roman suggests. "[Politics] starts to build up on people, and if you are creative, there is no other outlet for expression" echoes Garone. With summer in full swing, the band is taking some much-needed down time from recording and touring. Radio 4 will play three late July dates with Ted Leo/Pharmacists in Farmingdale, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and Wilkes Barre, Pa., and then a handful of European festival dates in August. A full tour is on tap for the fall. "Basically, we have to reinvent ourselves, since it has been two years since our last record," says Garone.
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