Secret Rituals is the third album

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 from Brisbane

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 indie

Indie pop

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 pop

Pop music

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 duo The Grates

The Grates

The Grates are a two-piece band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Patience Hodgson and John Patterson . They have been lauded for their catchy songs and enthusiastic and energetic live shows, as Patience spends much of the time bouncing around, even while singing...

. 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.

The first song to be released to radio as a single was "Turn Me On", which was first played on Triple J

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 on April 29, 2011. The track "Borrowed Skin" was made available as a download from the band's Facebook

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 and Bandcamp

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 pages.
Recording of the album was done in 2010 and 2011 in Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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 where the band had relocated for several months. During the recording process drums were played by Ben Marshall.

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

The Grates

The Grates are a two-piece band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Patience Hodgson and John Patterson . They have been lauded for their catchy songs and enthusiastic and energetic live shows, as Patience spends much of the time bouncing around, even while singing...

 themselves.

Reception

The album debuted at #11 on the ARIA

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 Charts on the 27 June, 2011

Track listing

1. "Turn Me On"
2. "Sweet Dreams"
3. "Like You Could Have It All"
4. "Change"
5. "Crying All Night"
6. "Welcome to the Middle"
7. "The Night Won't Start Without Us"
8. "Young Pricks"
9. "Borrowed Skin"
10. "With You"
11. "Moving On"