Klang - The Rakes

Description: Artist: The Rakes / Audio CD released 2009-03-23 at V2 Int'l / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 You're In It 2 That's The Reaso ... more

Klang - The Rakes ... Reason
3 Loneliness Of The Outdoor Smoker
4 Bitchin' In The Kitchin'
5 Woes Of The Working Woman, The
6 1989
7 Shackleton
8 Light From Your Mac, The
9 Muller's Ratchet
10 Final Hill, The

Newest Review: ... influence from numerous other bands - notably to my ears Blur and numerous new wave/ post-punk acts like Nick Cave and Gang ... more

... of Four whilst also borrowing from contemporaries like The Killers and Franz Ferdinand. They are almost always upbeat, only occasionally turning the tempo down to build it back up again. The vocals change from typical indie vocals (Futureheads etc) to a more robotic new wave sound which goes well with the more electro influenced tracks. The Final Hill has quite a strong message and the beat also sounds familiar but some of the longer winded instrumental sections seem to make the song lose its initial intensity. Nume...more

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Klang - The Rakes: Good name but some way off their debut (267 words)
by - written on 13/07/09 (Very useful, 11 readings)
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I can't claim to have been a fan of The Rakes for particularly long, however I did have a little listen to their 1st album and was impressed, the 2nd I hear was a bit of a disappointment but I can't confirm that without having had a listen - Klang however seems to be back to form. The Rakes seem to take influence from numerous other bands - notably to my ears Blur and numerous new wave/ post-punk acts like Nick Cave and Gang of Four whilst also borrowing from contemporaries like The Killers and Franz Ferdinand. They are almost always upbeat, only occasionally turning the tempo down to build it back up again. The vocals change from typical indie ... Read the complete review

Back to The Rakes (2788 words)
by - written on 02/07/09 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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I must be horribly out of sync with new releases at the moment, maybe it is because I haven't bought NME in a good few months, or maybe it's because I'm not at college, and regularly frequenting HMV as often as I used to. I don't know what it is, but I seem to be a bit behind on the releases of new albums. It wasn't actually until I saw an advert for Bob Dylan's latest, and began writing a review on it (shelved for a week or so, need to listen to it more), that, when looking to see what NME had said about the album, I noticed a few other recent releases from bands I often listen to. These included, 'The Enemy', 'The View', 'The Decemberists' and of course, 'The ... Read the complete review