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17 June 2024
Band: THE RATS
Who: 5 ambitious noisemakers
from Ghent, Belgium.
New single: LAST CHANCE SALOON
The first piece from their upcoming EP,
titled ‘Disco To Disco’, that will land
in September.
“Lyricist/singer Emile Dekeyser playfully deals with the pursuit of authenticity,
a lyrical characteristic of the contemporary post-punk revival. Does he, as an
accomplished method actor, deliberately get himself into trouble to create a
story? Or is that view more of an excuse to condone bad (life) choices?”
Artwork by Bart Bling
TUTV: These misfits score a hat-trick with their 3rd single. The galvanic bass/drums tandem dominate this fully charged groover with a staggering sucker-punch beat that makes your feet tap and your head going up and down, unconsciously and uncontrollably.
Lighting guitars jump into the manic mix adding mind-bending electricity, turning
‘Last Chance Saloon’ into a roasting hotbed, while vocalist Dekeyser challenges his
fiends upfront, in the middle. Funk-punk stuff.
The Rats are from Belgium, but they develop a similar sonic hullabaloo and angry young men aggressiveness as the combative post-Brexshit bands such as shame, Deadletter, Squid, Opus Kink, and Gallus. Quite some bulldozing company, if you ask me.
Press play.
The Rats: Instagram
