We've just launched a brand new site with all manner of bells and whistles. If you sign up to our community (which we've rightfully dubbed KLANGers), you will get a free download of a track from the album which is out next week. NEXT WEEK!
Check it out: http://klangers.ning.com
The main site is also revamped and lovely, and you can see that at http://www.therakes.co.uk
Been a while. Sorry about the lack of contact - wouldn't want you to think the Rakes have disbanded or something.
Will explain in full what we've been up to soon, but for now we're back with this temporary website and a snazzy new photo.
Though you might not believe it, we haven't actually been chilling out in the Caribbean with pina coladas, we've been living off Karl-Marx-Allee in East Berlin recording our 3rd Album in a bizarre/intriguing studio that was the former East German Government's center for Radio Broadcasts.
The Album is nearly finished now and we're damn proud of it. Yeah. We've been playing harder and writing better than ever before. The record is raw but focused. We wanted to capture as much as possible the feeling of a band playing together live in a room so we're set up in the main room of the studio huddled around the drum kit at the bottom of some extravagant stairs, once used to create the crazy sound effects for radio plays recorded here. The atmosphere that this place generate is truly unique!
Our sense of camaraderie is high and our American producer, Mr Zane is making sure that we get suitably hyped up for each performance.
The new album will probably be released sometime in the new year. We're working hard and playing hard. It's great fun over in Berlin, we'd recommend it for a weekend away. Our favorite bars are Trinkteufel and Luzia bar in Kreuzberg.
We'll be back soon with more updates and a new blog!
Speak soon,
Love The Rakes
