Ragers
After nearly three years without releasing material in English, Montréal-based quartet are gearing up for the release of Missed Calls from Home, a 10-track LP due out in April 2023.
Influenced by the profound nostalgia brought on by the global crises of the last few years, this full-length sees the band go all-out, using the live instrument aspect that sets Ragers apart from their peers to its full potential. Drums that feel like a punch to the stomach, catchy, driving guitar riffs and sincere, at times uncomfortable, lyrics that tell stories of love and grief; explanations as to why calls from loved ones might go unanswered.
After a decade of being seen as ‘experimental’, it seems that with Missed Calls from Home, the band has found an answer to the experiments. 10 solid tracks, informed by the influences that have followed them for their entire lives, from the pop-punk sound that characterized the early 2000s to the abrasive, gritty elements of the brand of hip-hop that the band had developed since its inception.
The album is the result of an intense, all-hands-on-deck, month-long period of writing and recording with Juno award-winning producer Max Antoine Gendron (Milk & Bone, Brodinski) who, much like Ragers, had been involved in punk bands for most of his life before turning to other genres.
Influenced by the profound nostalgia brought on by the global crises of the last few years, this full-length sees the band go all-out, using the live instrument aspect that sets Ragers apart from their peers to its full potential. Drums that feel like a punch to the stomach, catchy, driving guitar riffs and sincere, at times uncomfortable, lyrics that tell stories of love and grief; explanations as to why calls from loved ones might go unanswered.
After a decade of being seen as ‘experimental’, it seems that with Missed Calls from Home, the band has found an answer to the experiments. 10 solid tracks, informed by the influences that have followed them for their entire lives, from the pop-punk sound that characterized the early 2000s to the abrasive, gritty elements of the brand of hip-hop that the band had developed since its inception.
The album is the result of an intense, all-hands-on-deck, month-long period of writing and recording with Juno award-winning producer Max Antoine Gendron (Milk & Bone, Brodinski) who, much like Ragers, had been involved in punk bands for most of his life before turning to other genres.
