The Rakes
Klang
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TRACKLISTING: (1) Your’re In It (2) That’s the Reason (3) The
Loneliness of the Outdoor Smoker (4) Bitchin’ in the Kitchen (5) The
Woes of the Working Women (6) 1989 (7) Shackleton (8) The Light of your
Mac (9) Mullers Rachet (10) The Final Hill
OVERVIEW: The Rakes have
announced a UK tour for April. It is their first since March 2007. The
tour will coincide with the release of the bands long awaited third
album, KLANG, on Monday 23rd March through V2. A single, taken from the
album, entitled 1989, will be released on March 16th.
The album
was recorded at Planet Roc Studios in Berlin and produced by Chris Zane
(Les Savy Fav, The Walkmen, Passion Pit). The full tracklisting is:
The
Rakes decided they wanted to record in a fresh and exciting new
environment, so they relocated to an industrial area in the old
Communist part of Berlin. "The London music scene is so dull - it's
like wading through a swamp of shit. We just wanted to be somewhere
more inspiring," said Rakes singer Alan Donohoe. "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.” They lived and recorded in
the grounds of a Bauhaus-designed, Soviet radio station that had been
converted into a studio.
On working with producer Chris Zane, Alan
Donohoe adds: "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.”
KLANG is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed albums Capture/Release (2005) and Ten New Messages (2007).
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