Album Review: Rackets - Rackets

“Help me out: I need love or a shit tonne of heroin”. This phrase from 'Goner' off Rackets new album almost encapsulates what they're about: it's a concise and witty observation, blunt and to the point, simultaneously clever and vulgar and, it’s a great one liner. The humour is apparent and it would be easy to dismiss Rackets as some kind of joke band: appearing, at times, half naked or dressed as women they seem more Monty Python than Charlie Brooker. But make no mistake, this self-titled full-length release is seriously good.

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