In both a Crikey, The Rakes really do provide an inventive and invigorating spin on the post-Franz nu-garage cultural landscape.  Full text...

All in all this is a rather fantastic, fun filled and massively enjoyable debut album that should transport The Rakes to the premier league of British indie.  Full text...

‘Capture/Release’ may not be the jolliest record in the world, but perversely, it’s damn good fun and a heck of a lot more. Go, buy and worship  Full text...

'Capture / Release' is an album that sounds very much like now, but it should way transcend it too.  Full text...

It's impossible not to conceive a massive sophomore slump for all of these bands, but the Rakes may have made their genre's most concise mission statement yet.   Full text...

In many ways this album is very straightforward and basic  Full text...

More importantly, "Capture/Release" works as a documentation of the here and now and one that should stand the test of time.   Full text...

Suffering to a large extent from recycled riffs and mashed messages, Capture / Release is effectively a cyclical manifesto, the minor variations between songs unable hide the fact that the Rakes have nothing much of importance to say.  Full text...

Don't look for the next big thing in this debut album, but it is diverting enough to earn the Rakes a bit of success  Full text...

However, The Rakes are saved by their current single, and final album track ‘Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep)’, where Donohue’s vocals take on a distinctly Billy Bragg style  Full text...