| The Rakes formed after Jamie (Bass) and Alan (vocals) met at college.Jamie 'did art' and Alan 'did science'.Jamie met Matthew (Guitar and vocals) and Lasse (drums) when he worked in a shop in London.They have since given up the day jobs and have been busy touring with Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Buzzcocks, and many, many, many other dates that seem to all blend into one long night.Anything that sounds good will be nicked and used in their music."Binary Love", "We Are All Animals", "Terror!"Both my son and I are huge fans of the band.However, I would be very grateful if you would not swear on any future releases as my son is a mere 5 years old.As such he cannot listen to songs with rude words in.Britain before (I've live in Singapore).So, I find your music really amusing.I've completely fallen in love with your songs.Anyway, thanks so much for being alive so my life isn't such a drag.Joe, Tom, Sam, Ed, Oli and Big D."Are you sure you want to block this user?The Rakes are trying to get through.The arteries at the heart of the city are clogged.The Rakes will get through.About how we move through the modern world.Half of Ten New Messages was recorded in Lincolnshire with producer Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Kasabian), half in London with Brendan Lynch (Primal Scream, Paul Weller).Focus on the job at hand.The Rakes will get through.Sign up to get news on The Rakes as it happens.Come by when you got the chance, let me know whats up and peep the music if you got time.Retrouvez Azul et ses amis pour un tour de chant funki, popi, jazzi, groovi, ....Hey Thank you for friendship.Thanks for the add lads!LP is my most favorite album, and the song "We Danced Together" is aloof...Cheers 4 the Add, Keep the Nice Slices of Tuneage coming in 2008.Melodies need Voices, Voices need Audiences, Audiences need Your Music !Tout d'abord HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!NEED YOUUUUUUUUU :p Ok ok STOOOOOOOOOP !Hope you enjoy our songs.Hello The Rakes,Happy new year to all of you!Montmartre, I had this huge grin on my face I just couldn't wipe off, even once in bed.Wish you the best for 2008!Happy new year, my Rakes...Cydonia, oops, this is another band...This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Link: " + targetLink.The Rakes are an English indie rock band from London.General information
The Rakes formed in 2004, taking their name from the fact that they are "skinny as rakes".Release that spawned the singles "22 Grand Job," "Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)," and "Retreat."The Rakes accompanied Franz Ferdinand on their 'You Could Have It So Much Better.White Rose Movement, Duels, Switches and Klaxons.Rock festival in the Island of Jersey supporting The Fratellis and Kasabian.The Rakes are quite famous for their fashion sense, and the particularly distinctive dress style: stripey tops or smart polo shirts, black drainpipe jeans and black trainers.Fashion designer Hedi Slimane was said to be so impressed by the band's music and dress sense that he based one of his collections around them.The Rakes also provided the soundtrack to the Dior Homme fashion show, with the song "The World Was A Mess, But His Hair Was Perfect".The song is eighteen minutes long, but a shorter version of was used by the band whilst touring in support of their first album, and is included on their second album.Release, "All Too Human", was released in the UK on 27 February 2006 and reached their best chart position (22) to date.This is unlikely to be a coincidence as Alan Donohoe is rarely pictured without a book and is extremely interested in literature.The Rakes played at Trinity May Ball on 19 June 2006.Park, the spot taken by The Futureheads at 2005's Carling Weekend.The Rakes' version was named Just a Man With A Job.It was for a covers album, entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, a project in which many bands (including Franz Ferdinand and Placebo) took part.The Rakes' second album, Ten New Messages was released by V2 Records on 19 March 2007.This album was produced by Jim Abiss (who has also worked with Arctic Monkeys, Editors and Kasabian) and Brendan Lynch (who has worked with Primal Scream).On speaking about the album, the singer Alan Donohoe stated that:
The album was inspired by a combination of choral music, the television show 24, Bond theme tunes, World War I poets and the Sugababes.The Rakes have just completed their first tour of the UK since the release of Ten New Messages, including their biggest headline show to date including a sold out show at Brixton Academy.Alan Donohoe is a vegan and Jamie Hornsmith is a vegetarian.The Rakes Forum Christmas parties since 2005.This page was last modified 21:14, 16 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.The Rakes are leaving the
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The Rakes are a great band.Retreat is an awesome single, included in this album.ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE !Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?Find out in Music You Should Hear, where these and other artists tell you about the music they love.Greats from the Greatest
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odyssey
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celebrated that quarter century of camaraderie and chemistry with an
exciting live CD entitled Rakes Alive!.Northern Virginia Daily
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