Oh dear. I wanted to like this album, I really did, I loved ‘Capture/Release’, I even liked difficult second album ‘Ten New Messages’ but on the basis of Klang, The Rakes might be a bit over
The band fled what they described as the ‘dull’ London music scene to record in Berlin, ironically creating an album with almost no new ideas. We’ve heard this all before, tales of nights out with frank lyrics, hedonism verses capitalism themes recited over simple jangly guitar lines. Alan Donohoe’s once endearing London accent is now frankly annoying as he wails out notes in borderline self parody, with barely a hook in sight. The guitar parts now sound incredibly dated and uninspired, there’s nothing to remember here
There are glimpses of what I once loved about the band here, but they just seem a shadow of their former selves, and this album only serves to tarnish my view of a band that brilliantly soundtracked my first year of uni.
Capture/Release, and pretend this never happened
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