Listening Station: The Rakes Clean It Up

Brian Raftery | April 19, 2007 5:50 am
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U.K. guitar act the Rakes had one of the best singles of 2005 with “Retreat,” a dark but poppy tale of British nightlife (which is basically all any U.K. guitar act writes about these days). The band’s sophomore album, Ten New Messages came out in the the U.K. last month, and while there’s no U.S. release date yet, you can grab it from eMusic; we know we’re suckers for this stuff, but you’ll thank us ten years from now, when Idolator Records releases NOW That’s What I Call Standout Tracks From Post-Libertines U.K. Guitar Bands That Also Listened To Maybe A Little Bit Of The Jam:

The Rakes – Trouble [MP3, link expired] The Rakes – We Danced Together [MP3, link expired] The Rakes [MySpace]

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