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Radio Days (Milan, Italy) have built one of European power pop’s most enduring catalogues, distilling the melodies of the '60 and the sharp economy of late-'70s power pop into something unmistakably their own.  Across the ten tightly wound songs on Off the Record, Radio Days strip everything back to its essentials. The arrangements are leaner and the hooks sharper. Drum fills crash into restless bass lines, glam-flavoured guitar riffs and the band's trademark harmonies, creating a record that never loses sight of melody. “I Won’t Give Up” opens with handclaps and a declaration of intent. “Flying High” captures the bittersweet pull of loving someone who can make you touch the sky and hit the ground in the same breath, its shuffle groove echoing the spirit of Nick Lowe’s “So It Goes”. “One Heart One Love” raises the pulse.

Off The Record inhabits that fertile ground where '60s melody, late-'70s power pop and the warm rush of '90s guitar pop converge. From The Records and Big Star to Teenage Fanclub, the record connects with the modern power-pop renaissance. Rather than looking backwards, Radio Days sound like part of a lineage that keeps renewing itself. There is no grand concept behind the album. Just ten songs, rarely overstaying their welcome, built around a belief that Radio Days have spent years refining: somewhere out there, another perfect chorus is waiting to be found.

For fans of The Rubinoos, The Knack, Paul Collins Beat, Sweet, Nick Lowe, Teenage Fanclub, The Records, Uni Boys.