Raw Deal is the debut album from Chicago singer/songwriter Jack Riedy. It builds from guitar-buzz to include sub bass synths, breakbeats, and live horns, sometimes within the same song, inspired by the anything-goes sonics of TV On The Radio, They Might Be Giants, and The Clash. Call it remix rock.
“I write songs about the little things: love, sex, work, and death,” Jack says. “Raw Deal is about the fear that market logic has turned even our relationships into transactions - and worse still, that I might be getting ripped off.”
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Press
“Raw Deal lassos together rubbery funk bass lines, leaping jabs of ska guitar, and effervescent keys into unexpected arrangements that animate Riedy’s rambunctious melodies.” -Chicago Reader
“Raw Deal is, simply put, the real deal.” -Uproxx, Best New Indie
“sparky, new, and energetic” - Fran Magazine
Featured on Chicago Reader, CHIRP Radio, Real Ones, Songs Never Heard, Rosy Overdrive, Jams & Jawns
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