With much tame it was reported in 2011 that Racoon had worked at the famous Abbey Road Studios. In the media, the Zeelanders continuously showed up to tell about the studio where The Beatles made their masterpieces. The fact that Guus Meeuwis had already done this before and that Racoon recorded most of the album in Belgium and only went to England for the strings, was left out of consideration. It
… is of course a good marketing trick, although the music on Liverpool Rain actually says more than enough. The typical songs with the strumming of guitarist Dennis Huige and the sensitive voice of Bart van der Weide are of course present, but there is more. Producer and guest musician Wouter Van Belle carefully colors the songs with striking sounds. Pumping synthesizers, mellotron and vibraphone are not the first instruments you expect on a Racoon album. And also the horns that are used here and there make Racoon's fifth album remarkably fresh. As long as the quartet continues to write such songs and asks Van Belle for the production, it might as well be recorded next time in a shed in Goes. (JE)more
