Rally Cry (album)

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Rally Cry
Studio album by
Arkells
ReleasedOctober 19, 2018
StudioNoble Street Studios (Toronto, Ontario)
Length36:16
LabelLast Gang Records
ProducerEric Ratz
Arkells chronology
Morning Report

(2016) 		Rally Cry
(2018)

Rally Cry is the fifth full-length studio album by Canadian rock band Arkells, released October 19, 2018 on Last Gang Records.[1]

The album was preceded by the politically themed single "People's Champ",[2] and "Relentless" was the second single.[3]

Promotion

The album's concert tour included the band's first major headlining stadium shows, including a kickoff show at Tim Hortons Field in their hometown of Hamilton on June 23, 2018,[3] and a show at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on February 16, 2019.[4]

Critical response

Cam Lindsay of

Dap-Kings, what is?"[5] For Now, Richard Trapunski wrote that "Rally Cry teems with the kind of call-and-response hooks (complete with “whoa-oh” backups), fist-raising slow-build crescendos and precise grooves meant to be screamed to with crowds of people. That kind of gaudy, unself-conscious, 80s-style pop ambition can be a turnoff in many bands, especially in 2018 (see: U2, the Killers, Coldplay), but Arkells do it in a way that makes you root for them like a hometown hockey team."[6]

Awards

At the

Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year, and Arkells brought him up to the stage with them and ceded their speaking time to him so he could finish.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Arkells.

No.TitleLength
1."Hand Me Downs"4:15
2."American Screams"3:00
3."Relentless"3:23
4."Only for a Moment"3:46
5."Show Me Don't Tell me"4:02
6."People's Champ"3:06
7."Eyes on the Prize"4:05
8."Saturday Night"3:19
9."Company Man"3:27
10."Don't Be a Stranger"3:52

References

  1. ^ "Arkells Take Some Big, Ambitious Swings on 'Rally Cry'" Archived 2019-03-02 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, October 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "Arkells Share New Single 'People's Champ'" Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Arkells, ascending: Rallying for Canadian rock’s crown, Hamilton band thinks bigger" Archived 2018-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, August 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Arkells smash it with their ‘going for it’ attitude" Archived 2019-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, February 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Arkells: Rally Cry" Archived 2019-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, October 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "Review: Arkells eye the CanRock prize on Rally Cry" Archived 2018-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, October 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Junos 2019: the complete list of winners" Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, March 16, 2019.
  8. Huffington Post
    , March 17, 2019.
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