Distinctly NYC guitar-band sound, The Rake’s Progress has club veteran feel. Clever lyrics and clean production with Replacements influence laced throughout.
If reverb-laden Elvis Presley vocals, corny, tough guy lyrics, and punkabilly twang guitar make you pole, then prepare yourself for this 15 song wonder.
The humor of the name (the fire proof storage warehouse on Mass Ave) carries through in the colorful punk gone haywire. The samples are an added bonus.
Vocalist/guitarist Adam Tranquilli (ex-Bloodfeast) wades through the chunky stomp guitar and screams with fills, solos, and feedback noise like the old days.
he band blasts like a rhythmic double barrel shotgun, damaging by bulldozer force rather than speedbag tempo. The comparisons to Rage ATM are for a reason.
It’s nothing you haven’t heard before, but usually not all from one place. Psycho-delic, noisy, hard pop with punky snicker and dance dubs for the kids.