The Rakes were an English post-punk band formed in London in 2003. Their first album Capture/Release released in 2005, received a nine out of ten review in the NME and was rated 13th best album of the year in the same paper. The band cited in their influences the Specials, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Pulp.
The band disbanded in October 2009, after six years.
The Rakes formed in 2002. |title=Biography by Heather Phares |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=4 April 2009}} Their... more
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