Our scrawny fashion-driven music makers, The Rakes are heading back into the studio. With producer Chris Zane at the helm, The Rakes are thrilled to be working with a mastermind, whose prior work with The Walkmen should raise some interest. The Rakes are feeling confident, and according to NME and lead vocalist Alan Donohoe this album will have their "strongest songs yet".
In a search for instant inspiration, the band packed up from London and moved to Berlin to record. Says vocalist Alan Donohoe :
The London music scene is so dull right now – it's like wading through a swamp of shit. We just wanted to be somewhere more inspiring. Someone suggested Berlin. It didn't take long for everyone to agree. We packed our bags and moved here just like that. We love it.Zane has apparently steered the band into the right direction, as they teem with confidence, they move onward to work on their third work after their Ten New Messages album in 2007. To date, the bands most heralded song is "The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect", quite fitting for a bunch of city-dwellers and hipster seeking musicians. Indeed, Berlin should be a perfect fit to add an electronic edge into their music. Speaking about the album, Donohoe continued:
"The album is raw, playful, exciting, complex and schizophrenic – much like the personality of Berlin itself. It couldn't be more of a fitting place to record it. Chris has found this raw but massive sound, it's sharp like razors; like pouring boiling bleach on our peers."
Expect more production on this album and every bit of Berlin marinated into it. Their new album is expected to arrive in Spring 2009.
MP3: The Rakes - Retreat (buy)
Official - http://www.therakes.co.uk/
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/therakes
0 Comments:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
