The Rakes' frontman, Alan Donohoe, has written to the CEO of Burberry to ask them to stop using real fur in their fashion designs. He wrote: "Every year, millions of animals are trapped, drowned and beaten to death in the wild and strangled, electrocuted and skinned alive on fur farms. The fur trade is a violent, bloody industry, and the cold-hearted killing of animals for 'fashion' is indefensible. The Rakes will not shop at Burberry or participate in Burberry's ad campaigns until it pledges to stop supporting cruelty to animals and adopts a permanent fur-free policy."
Which sounds like some threat. Elsewhere, and as previously reported, The Rakes have a single release coming up on 9 Oct. Well, two actually. In fact, two 12"s, featuring remixes of their tracks. One features 'We Are All Animals', remixed by Statik plus '22 Grand Job' remixed by Filthy Dukes Society, the other 'Open Book', remixed by Uncle Buck, and the Loving Hands Tim Goldsworthy Remix of 'Binary Love'.