Swedish conceptual pop duo the Radio Dept.’s music has gotten more overtly political in the years since the release of their last album, 2010’s Clinging To A Scheme, as their string of singles and their new album, Running Out Of Love, can attest. Early singles “Swedish Guns” and “We Got Game” exhibited this heightened urgency while maintaining their preternatural cool, and the duo’s new album acts both as a response to their homeland’s growing conservative base and a collection of beautifully-rendered pop songs. Listen to the whole thing via NPR below.

Running Out Of Love is out 10/21 via Labrador.