 Artist BIO
Based in NYC, Rat Wakes Red began as James Raftery creating songs in late night living room light. Odes to longing and loss, they found their way to producer Jeral Benjamin. Together they went into the studio with an engineer, 32 tracks, and using only James' guitar, voice, found-sound percussion, and Jeral's viola, created "Dizzy on Daddy", a lush, elegantly spinning song cycle of heartache and yearning. Romantic and edgy, cryptic and poetic. A sad and sweet wall of sound. Brim-full with sad melody, multiple harmonies and strings.
In 2006, Rat Wakes Red emerged from the studio with a new sound and a new album called "Horizon Drops". Electric guitar, keys, drums, and bass provide the flipside to the previous acoustic rush. The songs are louder, faster and rock, with James' voice returning in harmonic hooks and cryptic choruses. Christy Davis (Kansas State Flower and Mold) played the kit while James strummed, picked, played and sang everything else with Jeral returning to produce and John Werner joining them on tracks 7 & 9 playing electric guitar.
Radio quickly took notice. "Horizon Drops" was CMJ and AAA Top 30 on sixteen stations and spun on more than 100 across the USA and Canada. "Dizzy on Daddy" was in rotation on over fifty stations nationwide, hitting CMJ Top 30 on three. Also, Rat Wakes Red was hand picked by Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens to be one of a select few bands to launch XM Satellite Radio's Unsigned Station.
Critics joined in:
"Rat Wakes Red blends neo-gothic folk with modern 21st century recording to produce a sublime sonic sedation of melodies." - (Boston's Weekly Dig)
"Rat Wakes Red pays homage to the likes of Kristin Hersh, Kate Bush and Leonard Cohen, who also make pain and loss the cornerstone of their musical melodramas." - (Splendid E-Zine)
"Acoustic folk guitar and viola, with a whispery, troubled voice? Yes please!" - (The Big Takeover)
"Fans of the darker side of mellowness (or classic 4AD records) should ...
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NEWS
Discography
"Dizzy on Daddy"- Rat Disk, CD 001
"Weekend"- Rat Disk, EP 002
"Horizon Drops"- Rat Disk, CD 003 |
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VIDEO SYNOPSYS
"Every song without exception see the most interesting of bands make their mark on your mind...about as good as it gets." (hEARd Magazine) |
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Music by: Rat Wakes Red
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James Raftery
Matt Raftery
Andy K.
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Master: Mini DV
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