{"id":23538,"date":"2016-09-25T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23538"},"modified":"2016-09-22T19:41:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T23:41:19","slug":"rafter-announces-new-album-xyz-stream-lead-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23538","title":{"rendered":"Rafter announces New Album &#8216;XYZ&#8217; + stream lead single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rafter is the project of songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Rafter Roberts, who&#8217;s spent the past decade releasing a series of sonically diverse albums via Asthmatic Kitty.\u00a0On October 28th, he&#8217;ll release new album\u00a0&#8216;XYZ,&#8217; his first for Joyful Noise Recordings. It&#8217;s\u00a0currently\u00a0available for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/highvoltagepr.us8.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=8bbd1fce629615658f82df5cd&amp;id=5d62741806&amp;e=b0da5a889f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">pre-order<\/a>, and can take\u00a0a listen to lead single <em>You Are The Last Of Your Kind<\/em> via\u00a0Soundcloud\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F277964714&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=999898\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most intense music nerds you may even meet, Rafter pursues everything he sets his mind to &#8212; which has included playing in bands since the age of two, building recording studios, making music for commercials, and eating vegan &#8212; with a sense of fearlessness and a refreshing lack of hipness. His sound has been described as everything from &#8220;spazz-pop&#8221; and &#8220;quirky indie&#8221; to &#8220;ridiculously experimental,&#8221; with each\u00a0release being a little weirder and more unpredictable than the last.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/8bbd1fce629615658f82df5cd\/images\/3100f69e-56dc-40ec-bfc2-43938ba24aea.jpg?resize=279%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rafter XYZ cover\" width=\"279\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;XYZ&#8217;\u00a0track listing:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. I&#8217;ve Done The Strangest Things<br \/>\n2. Lonely World<br \/>\n3. You Are The Last Of Your Kind<br \/>\n4. Life Like<br \/>\n5. Oblivion<br \/>\n6. The Things I&#8217;ve Learned For Reggae<br \/>\n7. When I Die I Wanna Get Some Of My Blood<br \/>\nOn Them<br \/>\n8. Rafter vs. Mai Mai<br \/>\n9. We Could Be Monsters<br \/>\n10. 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