The Rational Academy

The Rational Academy

Infobox Musical artist
Name = The Rational Academy
Background = group_or_band
Associated_acts = Room 40, Tragic/Athletic, Shuriken, Delpino, breaker Morant, Aoi, Yeow Meow
Current_members = Benjamin Thompson, Meredith McHugh, Lawrence English, Matt Jonas, Oliver Makay
Years_active = 4
Genre = Experimantal / PopFact|date=May 2008
Origin = Brisbane, Australia
URL = [http://www.therationalacademy.com Website]

The Rational Academy

The Rational Academy are a five piece avant-pop group from Brisbane, Australia.cite web|url=http://www.someonegood.org/|title=Releases|date=2008-05-29|publisher=Someone Good Records|accessdate=2008-05-29]
cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/therationalacademy|title=The Rational Academy|date=2008-05-29|publisher=Myspace|accessdate=2008-05-29]
In 2008, after a slew of 7" vinyl records and compilation appearances the group released their debut album "A Heart Against Your Own" to international aclaim.cite web|url=http://audiversity.com/2008/03/rational-academy-heart-against-your-own.html|title=Audiversity Album Review: The Rational Academy " A Heart Against Your Own"|date=2008-05-29|publisher=Audiversity|accessdate=2008-05-29]

Career

The Rational Academy Have toured extensively throughout Australia playing alongside international groups including Deerhoof (USA), Müm (Iceland), The Blow (USA), Tujiko Noriko (Japan), Tenniscoats (Japan), Lullatone (Japan), Spoon (USA), Scout Niblett (UK) and Art of Fighting (AU).

In 2007 Australian music journal Faster Louder wrote of them - "The next big thing. The IT band. We've been told this too often before. One listen to THE RATIONAL ACADEMY and smugly you can know this time Richard Kingsmill hasn't beaten you to it!"

In 2008 they released their debut album internationally through Someone Good Records to critical acclaim.
Australia's Rave Magazine called it "an essential Brisbane release"." [cite web | title=Rave | url=http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/8231/180/]
Boomkat in Europe named it album of the week - "A Heart Against Your Own" is one of those rare albums that takes the fundamentals of the guitar band format and somehow organically expands upon that framework, incorporating the modernity of the electronic avant-garde without you even noticing you're listening to something as awkward and experimental as it actually is. Massive Recommendation" [cite web | title=Boomkat | url=http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=88315]

American music journal Tokafi had this to say - "“A Heart against your own” is an album which contains everything needed to fall head over heels for it – yet its minutely worked-out details and sonic finesse turn it into a work demanding respect as well." [cite web | title=Tokafi | url=http://www.tokafi.com/newsitems/cd-feature-rational-academy-heart-against-your-own/]

Discography

"A Heart Against Your Own" LP - 2008 Someone Good Records
"Two Books / Handwritten Novels" 7"EP - 2007 Strong Cultures
"(drums)" 7"EP - 2005 Medical Records

External links

* [http://audiversity.com/2008/03/rational-academy-heart-against-your-own.html Chicago Album Review]
* [http://before-hollywood.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-rational-academy-heart-against.html Australian Album Review]
* [http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=88315 European Album Review]
* [http://www.bodyspace.net/album.php?album_id=1324 Portuguese Album Review]
* [http://www.therationalacademy.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/therationalacademy The Rational Academy on Myspace]

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