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Rakes - Capture - Release

Capture - Release

by Rakes

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Released
06/03/2006
Music Genre
Alternative

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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:

  1. Strasbourg
  2. Retreat
  3. 22 Grand Job
  4. Open Book
  5. The Guilt
  6. Binary Love
  7. We Are All Animals
  8. Violent
  9. T Bone
  10. Terror
  11. Work Work Work - Pub Club Sleep

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