RAT BOY have recorded in Los Angeles with Tim Armstrong of Rancid, played festivals as far afield as Japan and China, and toured North America with The Interrupters. Yet for all those globe-trotting adventures, there’s no place you know quite as well as home. That’s the central topic that RAT BOY explore on their upcoming third album ‘SUBURBIA CALLING’ Pre-save here, which will be released on October 4th via Hellcat. The band today launch the album by sharing its new single ‘BADMAN’.
‘SUBURBIA CALLING’ sees RAT BOY exploring stories from their roots in Essex. It’s the land of wheeler-dealers and dodgy geezers, and home to nosey neighbours, rowdy clubs and Joey Essex. For readers outside of the UK, it’s the land of Blur, Depeche Mode and The Prodigy: a place not so far outside of east London, but in other ways it’s a world away. And it’s not only an immense font of inspiration for RAT BOY, but the place where everything happens for them.. Just outside of Chelmsford sits a converted barn where the band can jump in and be creative whenever the mood takes them – a HQ that is a recording studio, a rehearsal space, an art studio, a storage space and a hangout spot all-in-one.
Sonically pulling on the sounds of Britpop, 90s indie and classic melodicism, with a little scattering of 2-Tone’s propulsive grooves in there too, ‘SUBURBIA CALLING’ is a record paying homage to true British greats at the same time as pushing things forward. As we’ve already heard from the recent singles ‘ONE IN A MILLION’ (think an intergalactic take on The Specials featuring lil aaron, a track premiered by Ska Punk Daily) and the title track (a big beat Blur, or a Britpop-era The Streets) it’s an album of many different shades.
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