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   IndieLondon
THE RAKES - Ten New Messages reviewLISTENING to the opening guitar riffs of World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect, the opening track of The Rakes’ sophomore album Ten New Messages, you could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu as we hit post-punk, Strokes-styled territory once again....full text

   Times Online
The Londoners’ 2005 debut Capture/ Release , a sharp work about work, was often hard work for the listener, but their second effort is clever fun. Suspicious Eyes is as tuneful as a song about paranoid commuters can get, We Danced Together is catchy, while When Tom Cruise Cries is as good as its title. The witty Alan Donohoe remains a better lyricist than singer, but this taut guitar pop only occasionally slips into emulation....full text

   StylusMagazine
The gritty push-pull of the Rakes’ debut, Capture/Release, a shameless Clash tribute perched atop the snake charmer of a single “22 Grand Job,” has been more or less shirked for their second album, Ten New Messages. Here, a precise and cleaner production reveals, perhaps, a cleaner band....full text

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