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Everyone in music is an amalgam of their influences. For the Rakes, this means they're a lot like a meeting where Wire and Gang of Four get together and play melodies that less are less astringent and angular and more, well, melodic. Luckily, they exceed the shadows of the past exuberantly. It's tight art-punk, tense and a little furious. Then, though, the backing vocals on "Open Book," bending "aws" and "ohs," are just fantastic, measured pop set against minimal guitar jangles that propel the song effortlessly and simply. Elsewhere, on "Binary Love" for example, there's an insistent, cla
Everyone in music is an amalgam of their influences. For the Rakes, this means they're a lot like a meeting where Wire and Gang of Four get together and play melodies that less are less astringent and angular and more, well, melodic. Luckily, they exceed the shadows of the past exuberantly. It's tight art-punk, tense and a little furious. Then, though, the backing vocals on "Open Book," bending "aws" and "ohs," are just fantastic, measured pop set against minimal guitar jangles that propel the song effortlessly and simply. Elsewhere, on "Binary Love" for example, there's an insistent, classic vocal choppines that's so 1977-78 - with choked guitar tones that fully jar the memory. "Violent" is a perfect past-and-present brew, with dub bass lines and old school guitar riffs that ultimately burst into a completely "now" throwdown, shaking off the obvious Entertainment-era Dave Allen nod. So these guys don't just genuflect to forbears: They know enough to mete out pop hooks and singable choruses and not just blast "12XU." Would that be such a bad thing, though? --Andrew Bartlett
Album Description
The Rakes debut album features 11 total tracks including 'Retreat', 'Violent', 'Terror!', 'Open Book', 'Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)' and more. V2. 2005.
Album Details
As Nme Said, ...alan Donohoe (Vocals), Matthew Swinnerton (Guitar), Jamie Hornsmith (Bass) and Lasse Peterson (Drums) May Just Be the European Strokes." At Long Last, the English Indie Punk Band's Debut Album Has Found a Home for Release and Includes Re-recorded Versions of all their Previous Singles. Includes "Retreat", "Work Work Work", "Binary Love", "22 Grand Job" and Many More.
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Manufacturer: V2
Release date: 15 August 2005
EAN: 5033197327624
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