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Length
  
39:06

Artist
  
The Grates

Label
  
Dew Process

Genres
  
Indie rock, Indie pop

Secret Rituals (2011)
  
Dream Team (2014)

Release date
  
17 June 2011

Producer
  
Gus van Go

Released
  
17 June 2011 (Australia)

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Secret Rituals is the third album from Brisbane indie pop duo The Grates. It is their first album to be recorded as a duo, with longtime drummer Alana Skyring having left the band to pursue a culinary career.

Contents

The first song to be released to radio as a single was "Turn Me On", which was first played on Triple J on April 29, 2011. The track "Borrowed Skin" was made available as a download from the band's Facebook and Bandcamp pages. Recording of the album was done in 2010 and 2011 in Brooklyn, New York where the band had relocated for several months. During the recording process drums were played by Ben Marshall; he subsequently toured with the band in 2011 and 2012.

The band made the entire album available to stream via their website along with accompanying videos that were made for each track which were shot and edited by The Grates themselves.

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Reception

The album debuted at #11 on the ARIA Charts on 27 June 2011 and at #6 on the Australian iTunes chart.

Songs

1Turn Me On3:26
2Sweet Dreams4:04
3Like You Could Have It All3:00

References

Secret Rituals Wikipedia