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London, United Kingdom (2005 – 2009)
The Rakes were a four piece indie rock band hailing from London. Releasing their debut album Capture/Release in 2005, The Rakes were the talk of the Reading and Leeds Festival after joining forces with Indie elites such as Bloc Party and Maxïmo Park in the NME Tent.
They recently released their third album Klang which included the singles1989 and That’s The Reason.
They announced their split in October 2009.
Their style can be described as “lo-fi” indie and is vaguely reminiscent of early Joy Division with some catchy guitar riffs and intelligent and humorous lyrics. They were also known for their good fashion sense.
They recently released their third album Klang which included the singles
1989 and That’s The Reason.They announced their split in October 2009.
Their style can be described as “lo-fi” indie and is vaguely reminiscent of early Joy Division with some catchy guitar riffs and intelligent and humorous lyrics. They were also known for their good fashion sense.
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wartin wrote:
Franz Ferdinand...!!!!! Are you crazy ?!?
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Gochir wrote:
Franz Ferdinand?
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cherryade1 wrote:
you better fucking reform the fuck out of your band, dickheads.
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sebreflex wrote:
Reform
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husarzX wrote:
http://www.mediafire.com/?b4dybxkj7rtanu7 Demons
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POULSEN20 wrote:
Reform !!
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weendril wrote:
приходят к моей кровати
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the_karo wrote:
incredibly fascinating.
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helloyok wrote:
Has anyone got the 2003 demo. Heard it ages ago but cant find it anywhere
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Skunkig wrote:
The best.
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ArizonaFreak89 wrote:
saw them live, they rock!
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airfid wrote:
<3
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DHedley wrote:
Well always a really good band, but can't help but think they might've split at the right time. Their last album wasn't as good. Shame that indie like this is a bit down right now, though, far better than the slow stuff that's getting popular.
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jnewco81 wrote:
Come back Rakes... Ah, go on :-)
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DoubleSize wrote:
very nice tunes. but some of them sounds like the hives, vocal mainly
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lucasbernaerts wrote:
Please reform.[2] Or let us at least know something... It seems like ages since we heard something from you guys. I've never seen you live and I really wanted to.
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George336 wrote:
Please reform.
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dimaska1994 wrote:
very nice)
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DominoRecords wrote:
Reform! (2)
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Rooneil wrote:
Heard Retreat in a shop yesterday. Had to go home and play through the three albums - immense. Please reform! (P.S. anyone know anything about Alan's new project he talked about a while ago?)
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THIS IS THE END!!!!
12 May 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/runoflava
BURN ROL BURN... c'en est fini de Run of Lava! Triste et
désolant? oui on peut le dire...Il en reste un album comme derniere
trace: NODE, un putain de metal aux multiples facettes et bien
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