Heartbreak. We've all been there. Whether it's being let down by your long-term opposite number or pining for that first unrequited love. Some people fall harder than others, leaving the stark barrenness that follows love entirely unbearable. Others choose not to fall, purely to avoid that feeling. These people are soulless, as it is in that heartache that true beauty is often formed.
RAIKES singer/songwriter Matt Twornicki has clearly had his fair share of heartbreak. Their long awaited début - THE QUIET EP - is a twenty minute ode to love lost and lovers spurned. Heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics with delicate melodies, intertwine with warm guitars and a rhythm section that ebbs and flows with every beat of yearning that each song delivers. Beautiful. Anthemic. Heartfelt.

Battle

Champion

Mess

Awake

Talk

Cold

Fault

Home

Matador

Well

Bullet

Beautiful. Anthemic. Heartfelt. Raikes own brand of harmony driven, indie-rock has been tugging on the heart strings of crowds across the land for a little while now. Hailing from the depths of South West England, Raikes sold out debut, The Quiet EP, gained critical acclaim and led to the band performing at venues across the UK. Their much anticipated follow up, The Talk EP, was again released to critical acclaim, with the song ‘Matador’ being featured as a BBC Introducing ‘Track of the Week’.

Debut long-player ‘The Door’ is out now!

"Intricate heart-noise...a beautiful sounding band" - A Pocket Full Of Seeds

"Genuine lyrical sincerity...unwinding and climactic folk" - Clowdy.com Staff Pick

"Raikes may be our new favourite band...their melodic, harmony driven rock held the BBC Introducing @Boardmasters crowd firm" - BBC Introducing Cornwall

"Get involved...they're sick!" - FSTIVAL

"Dreamfully ambient and dynamically engaging...harmoniously soaring folk rock" - Carpe Carmina

"A powerful and heady mix...expansive, horizon scanning swell" - Listen With Monger

“A vast and diverse sound that is utterly contagious!” - Clunk Magazine

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