WINDOW/VINYLE ECLABOUSSURES FEUX D ARTIFICE 180GR

Description

Ratboys have been recording and releasing music for over a decade, but their latest album, The Window, marks the first time they have traveled outside their Chicago base to make a record, heading to Hall of Justice Recording Studio in Seattle to work with producer Chris Walla. The sessions with Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Foxing) found the perfect balance between preparation and experimentation, breathing new life into the Midwest indie rock band's tender-hearted style with a subtly Americana touch. The solidified lineup of Ratboys has stretched and expanded their vision in the studio, adding unexpected elements and instruments like rototoms, talkboxes, and violins. The result is Ratboys' most sonically diverse album, wildly shifting from track to track. It showcases everything from hazy power pop choruses on "Crossed That Line" and "It's Alive!" to warm country twang on "Morning Zoo" to melancholic folk on the title track. After more than ten years and four studio albums, The Window finally captures Ratboys as they were always meant to be heard – expansive while remaining intimate, bold while staying tender – the sound of four friends functioning as a single cohesive unit.