While we continue to narrow down our top songs of this year, let's take a look at another band, who, although I couldn't put my finger on what I didn't like, there were lots of things I did like about The Rakes. Most notably, their city-rock style, one that only the UK has managed to deliver this year. Groups like The Cinematics and Bloc Party have managed to bring the same night life attitude into the studio. With the city life in tact, The Rakes' Ten New Messages made a huge impact for the band this year.
Lending their support for the fashion industry in Europe, The Rakes have taken the quicker road to fame via the marketing game, playing for fashion shows and associating themselves with designers such as Lois Vutton, Dior Homme and Hedi Silmane. However, this isn't what has held the band together. The Rakes have been friends for quite some times, it was only a matter of when they would start playing together. With their roots going back to only 2005, their catchy hooks and rake-like demeanor gives them an odd, yet intriguing disposition which made them immediately popular in the UK.
I can't vouch that Then New Messages was spectacular, although a few songs did pull me in. "We Danced Together" and "The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect" are two songs that I couldn't turn down. The third song "22 Grand Job" from their Retreat EP released in 2005, had to be posted strictly for the office dancing; I just haven't seen enough of that this year...
The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect
We Danced Together
22 Grand Job
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