Description
The last twelve months have been a blur of incendiary live shows, excited appraisals and a couplet of classic UK single releases. There was '22 Grand Job' an infectious 90 seconds of handclap-assisted brilliance that, in its satirical rather than sneering tale of nine-to-five-dom, could conceivably be called the first 'post-Brent' record. Next came 'Strasbourg', an altogether more serious, romantic tale of escapism, replete with a similarly unforgettable guitar riff that made the strength of the band's songwriting emphatically clear.
'Retreat' draws from a more sophisticated musical palette and is perhaps their most enduring release to date. All in all it's just a great album from a great new band. Watch them fly!
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Product Details
- Artist
- Rakes
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- V2
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 2006
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2005
- Cast & Crew
- The Rakes (Music Performer)
- Paul Epworth (Producer)
- Alan O'Co (Sound Engineer)
- Eliot James (Sound Engineer)
- Tom Stanley (Sound Engineer)
Press Reviews
[T]he quartet's strong pop sensibility means that they might survive beyond this fading post-punk boomlet." -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly (p.136)
4 (out of 5) - "Their gawky, self-effacing front barely masks the sardonic snarl of their brilliance. Mojo
Unmissable. NME
A hook- filled, authentic, passion-fuelled and impressively varied debut. The Fly
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Strasbourg
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Retreat
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22 Grand Job
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Open Book
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The Guilt
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Binary Love
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We Are All Animals
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Violent
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T Bone
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Terror
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Work Work Work - Pub Club Sleep
