Name: Rats on Rafts
Start: 2025-02-13T19:30:00.000Z

Rotterdam’s&nbsp;Rats On Rafts&nbsp;are&nbsp;David Fagan, Arnoud Verheul, Natasha van Waardenburg&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mathijs Burgler. Following the release of second album&nbsp;‘Tape Hiss’&nbsp;&nbsp;in October 2015,&nbsp;Rats On Rafts&nbsp;returned in 2016 with new single&nbsp;‘Some Velvet Morning’. In 2016 the band released a collaborative album with Dutch underground punk / brass ensemble&nbsp;De Kift&nbsp;– a playful re-visioning of each other’s music. The two bands locked themselves up for a month to record a completely analogue album. Known for their explosive live performances, they have toured across Europe and performed at festivals including&nbsp;Glastonbury, Eurosonic&nbsp;and&nbsp;Le Guess Who, including supports with&nbsp;Pere Ubu. In 2019 they joined&nbsp;Franz Ferdinand&nbsp;on tour in Japan, playing to huge arenas across the country. 2021 saw the band release their third album&nbsp;‘Excerpts From Chapter 3’. Initially a concept set, it subsumed itself and, in doing so, became a concept piece in its own right; a fragmented journey into the id punctuated with rhythmic kabuki modal mood swings, thunderstorms and digital beeps reminding that time is ticking – something of an aside in this analogue recorded set. In 2022 they revisited the themes with&nbsp;‘Visions Of Chapter 3’&nbsp;&nbsp;including newly added B-side&nbsp;‘Osaka’&nbsp;and a second disc of unreleased live music recorded at&nbsp;TivoliVrendenburg&nbsp;as part of an interdisciplinary music film. Each song spins a yarn; there are plagues, dreams, wind and fire, ‘mythical’ characters, and the search for the secret government warehouse.

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