Bye bye The Rakes

Überraschendes Aus bei den Jungs von The Rakes! Noch im Sommer hatte ich das neue Album “Klang” gelobt und gefeiert, und nun schon das Ende?

2002 hatten sich die vier Londoner Schulfreunde Alan Donohoe, Matthew Swinnerton, Jamie Hornsmith und Lasse Petersen unter dem Namen The Rakes zusammengeschlossen und seither drei mit Kritikerlob überhäufte Alben veröffentlicht: das Debüt “Capture / Release” (2005), gefolgt von “Ten New Messages” (2007) und dem aktuellen Album “Klang” (2009).

Hier das ausführliche Statement der Band:

“The Rakes have always been very adamant and proud of the fact that we give 100 percent to every gig we’ve ever played. If we can’t give it everything then we won’t do it. That was the rule we set ourselves from day one.

After much deliberation we have come to the shared conclusion that we can’t give it 100% anymore and regret to announce that The Rakes are calling it a day. We are sorry to let down all the people who were coming to see us on the UK & US tours.  Writing your own obituary is a surreal thing to do but we want to give particular thanks to our much-loved fans, all the great people we’ve worked with over the years, our management and loyal record label. We feel privileged to have had the opportunity to write music together and perform around the world. Genuinely, thanks for the good times…. That was one hell of a party! But now, we really must get some sleep.”

Na dann, gute Nacht, liebe Rakes!