Rague
Alternative/electronic musician from Leeds, Rague like Prague 'Rague’s vocals throughout the track show an intensely capable range.
From a full, potent low-end to an intricate falsetto performance and controlled cracks, the artist’s vocals truly act as an extension of his musical ability'
- Flare Music Magazine
'Words tumble, they threaten to overwhelm, but this is all part of what this song means emotionally. The words tell a story, the vocal performance adds a layer, a depth. The lyrics of these songs are more than words;
Here is a song, 'P.F.L.', taken from my new EP, 'My Name Is Mud', Stream here now
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0idVY13vcZs0LpCdaUQni3?si=29df2dd33d0d40e9&pt=7005f750f29538d783365f1c9976e75b
'It's a sin to keep the blinds drawn on what I was born with inside'
Performance-Focused Love (P.F.L)
https://open.spotify.com/track/1dP371UiTRxUwkh1eGPd8W?si=502e3e9e3d4c45b5
28/06/2022
Come and see me support the genuinely incredible Jumper Boy this Saturday at the venue that has our steel city hearts, Corporation Sheffield
Cheaper Tix here ->>> https://www.seetickets.com/event/jumper-boy/corporation/2358943
Jumper Boy https://www.seetickets.com/event/jumper-boy/corporation/2358943
22/06/2022
First live show! Get ur cheap tix here https://www.seetickets.com/event/jumper-boy/corporation/2358943
Sheffields own Jumper Boy make their massive debut headline show Saturday 2nd July! Blending math, indie and emo, with frantic and upbeat yet thoughtful and contemplative songs, and an energetic live performance!
Support from Pangolin, Precious Metals and Rague!
18/04/2022
A Dog Named Vengeance (Live in Session), taken from my debut EP 'My Superstition'
Watch on Youtube now!
https://youtu.be/bVIOjmTreAY
In my head, A Dog Named Vengeance is a response to Frank Sinatra’s My Way. I remember when I was about 12 I heard My Way for the first time, and I felt empowered by the head strong don’t-take-no-sh*t message in Sinatra’s cool croon. I played it around my mum one afternoon, and she pointed something out to me. Sinatra’s uncompromising stance and success was all very well and good, but there was no mention in the song of the hoards of other would-be Sinatras out there who attempted to play it ‘their way’, and were not so successful. My Way had no mention of those who failed the audition, who were booed off stage, who somehow managed to miss the mark every time. So I wrote A Dog Named Vengeance about the would-be Sinatra, who had his millions and his fame planned out ahead of him, until things didn’t go quite as he had imagined.
Stream the EP here
https://open.spotify.com/album/0tMjeLAgN2kzd0eqPZprYG?si=FEOsalSqSDaEilrWXBMoLQ
09/04/2022
CCTV footage caught 2 brown boys making music that will change your life in , if you know these men do NOT approach
Their crimes have been recorded on tape, and are available for public consumption at the link in the bio ‼️
My Superstition, my debut EP, is out now!
Here's a clip of the 4th song, A Dog Named Vengeance. I hope you enjoy listening x
https://open.spotify.com/album/0tMjeLAgN2kzd0eqPZprYG?si=jdLoaSZpQ8mu5yVNg0QEqQ
31/03/2022
"Uniting industrial percussion sections with electronic feedback, the contrasting smoothness of the guitar’s groovy adlibs prove that a chalk-and-cheese approach can work wonders if done right."
Amazing to see some nice words written about my latest single Hey Camilla, on FLARE Music Magazine, read the full thing here
https://www.flaremusic.uk/music-reviews/hey-camilla-rague
And here you can listen to Hey Camilla
https://open.spotify.com/track/4rF9PCBf6QTFU4F9MZjgtF?si=617cc0d241624239
Or watch Hey Camilla, your choice?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAur0TC7VjY
https://www.flaremusic.uk/music-reviews/hey-camilla-rague
Hey Camilla - Rague — FLARE Music By Libby Driscoll
29/03/2022
I'm always performing
One of these days I'll find something
To draw you in
I'll draw you in
Watch the video for Hey Camilla on YouTube now >> https://youtu.be/OAur0TC7VjY
Rague - Hey Camilla (Video) A man talks with his therapist. He assures her, things aren’t as bad as they seem.I'm always performingOne of these days I'll find somethingTo draw you inI'l...
24/03/2022
Song no.3, Hey Camilla
Hey Camilla is centred around an unreliable narrator, which is something that runs through all the songs from the EP. It is a man’s account of his life, as he attempts to reassure his therapist that there is nothing to worry about. The process of denial changing into acceptance has always interested me. In the song, the narrator begins to slowly offer his therapist parts of the puzzle that make up his story, and he gradually exposes more and more.
Thanks to Neighbourhood Recording Studios , and
https://open.spotify.com/track/4rF9PCBf6QTFU4F9MZjgtF?si=33f35d5ea4ab43c2
Hey Camilla Rague · Song · 2022
Since Spotify is down, why not get yourself to youtube and learn the words to my new song?
A Windowless Box Lyric Video, out now
https://youtu.be/hgDKnDL7b9c
03/03/2022
My second single, ‘A windowless Box’, available to stream on Spotify till you drop
https://open.spotify.com/track/5zzWFOmocgPETH981hMfLC?si=eedf690789744446
Around the time of recording A Windowless Box I was listening solely to about 5 artists: Kate Bush, Harry Nillson, Eminem, Mac Miller and Cassisdead. I was obsessed with the strong and textured vocals on Hounds of Love, and in ballads like Without You, and I tried to find a way to incorporate these elements alongside the harshness and immediacy of the hip hop/grime instrumentals.
Huge thanks to Steve at Neighbourhood Recording Studios for helping me bring a trashy demo to life, Grant at Fader Mastering for making it listenable, and for the beautiful artwork.
Have fun listening, can’t wait to hear what you guys think x
A Windowless Box Rague · Song · 2022
17/02/2022
When I first decided I wanted to release music under Rague, They Weep was the first song that I properly wrote. I say ‘properly’ wrote because the skeleton of the song came about when I was about 18 but in the form of an awful disco track, I think in an attempt to write the next ‘Get Lucky’. Predictably it didn’t amount to much, so I put it on the shelf.
Years later I began listening to artists that used a wide range of sounds and noises in their music, and I thought They Weep was a perfect chance to experiment with some of these more metallic and harsh sounds that had been influencing me.
A spangly guitar part was then substituted for the piano.
The part was recorded on an old dusty piano that would just about stay in tune in Neighbourhood Studios - you can hear the creaks of the foot pedal that had to be fixed with some toilet roll.
Here I perform a stripped back version of They Weep, again recorded at Neighbourhood studios. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/dx8xQxwxtkk
Rague - They Weep (Live Session) Recorded at Neighbourhood Studios. Follow Rague onInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rague___/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rague-10964758...
14/02/2022
“We have a song that has words that are pure emotion, performed in a heart wrenching way, with music that adds to the emotional power of the song and is beautiful ... This is one of the best debut singles I’ve heard in ages”.
Some kind words written by Local Sound Focus
Catch the whole review here - http://localsoundfocus.com/single-review-rague-they-weep/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ip6hzPTz1zsyRdSH02wj2?si=JSqiiS_lQJqtX65dlnG3Wg
Youtube: https://youtu.be/114GrzKaaWk
13/02/2022
They Weep is now available on YouTube - give the channel a follow as there are quite a few exciting things to come over the next bit of time.
A man embraces the expectations that have been put upon him his whole life. He sits with his son and passes onto him the beacon he has always carried.
https://youtu.be/114GrzKaaWk
Rague - They Weep (Audio) The strong silent typeNo I realise what you needA conqueror to whisk you away in myMercedes steed She told me last December ‘it’s now or never’Never works fo...
12/02/2022
Saturday story: Rague takes on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-750988833/4824-they-weep-master?si=12c11ed581454cb4a12f83471b8b86bc&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
They Weep A man embraces the expectations that have been put upon him his whole life. He sits with his son and passes onto him the beacon he has always carried. They Weep The strong silent type Now I realise
10/02/2022
Here it is, the debut single ‘They Weep’.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3ip6hzPTz1zsyRdSH02wj2?si=de32ff7b620945be
This is song number 1 from the EP called ‘My Superstition’ that will be released in March. I have loved every moment spent pouring over every detail in these songs, and I am so excited to be able to release it finally.
I couldn’t have done it without the amazing help with mixing and production from Steve at Neighbourhood Recording Studios
Huge thanks to Will O’Brien (https://www.instagram.com/willobmedia/) for the artwork, and Grant Berry at Fader Mastering (www.fadermastering.com) for mastering the songs.
Stream to your heart’s content, and keep an eye open for plenty more coming over these next weeks.
Rague x
They Weep Rague · Song · 2022
It’s been a long time coming but today’s the day I finally start my new music project, Rague.
Over the past year I’ve been working to create a selection of songs to make up an EP that I am really proud of and very excited for you all to hear. The first song off the EP is a song called ‘They Weep’, which will be released on all platforms this Thursday 10th.
Watch this space.
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