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Based in New York, Rat Wakes Red began as James Raftery creating songs in late night living room light. Odes to longing and loss, they found their way to producer Jeral Benjamin. Together they went into the studio with an engineer, 32 tracks, and using only James’ guitar, voice, found-sound percussion, and Jeral’s viola, created “Dizzy on Daddy”, a lush, elegantly spinning song cycle of heartache and yearning. Romantic and edgy, cryptic and poetic. A sad and sweet wall of sound. Brim-full with sad melody, multiple harmonies and strings. “Dizzy on Daddy” was in rotation on over fifty stations nationwide, hitting CMJ Top 30 on three. Also, Rat Wakes Red was picked to be one of a select few bands to launch XM Satellite Radio’s Unsigned Station.
In 2006, Rat Wakes Red released “Horizon Drops”. Electric guitar, keys, drums, and bass provide the flipside to the previous acoustic rush. The songs are louder, faster and rock, with James’ voice returning in harmonic hooks and cryptic choruses. Christy Davis (Kansas State Flower and Mold) played the kit while James strummed, picked, played and sang everything else with Jeral returning to produce and John Werner joining them on tracks 7 & 9 playing electric guitar. Radio quickly took notice. “Horizon Drops” was CMJ and AAA Top 30 on sixteen stations and spun on more than 100 across the USA and Canada.
In 2007, Rat Wakes Red emerged from the studio with new sounds and a new four song ep/dvd, Energy Garage, which began life during the sessions for Horizon Drops and was completed for this new collection.
In 2006, Rat Wakes Red released “Horizon Drops”. Electric guitar, keys, drums, and bass provide the flipside to the previous acoustic rush. The songs are louder, faster and rock, with James’ voice returning in harmonic hooks and cryptic choruses. Christy Davis (Kansas State Flower and Mold) played the kit while James strummed, picked, played and sang everything else with Jeral returning to produce and John Werner joining them on tracks 7 & 9 playing electric guitar. Radio quickly took notice. “Horizon Drops” was CMJ and AAA Top 30 on sixteen stations and spun on more than 100 across the USA and Canada.
In 2007, Rat Wakes Red emerged from the studio with new sounds and a new four song ep/dvd, Energy Garage, which began life during the sessions for Horizon Drops and was completed for this new collection.
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HFury wrote:
Hi Rat!!! I finally signed up here and finally got some songs uploaded. Hope your new music is pulling itself together. Can't wait to hear it! Love, Hannah
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