Secret Rituals by The Grates

Secret Rituals, the Grates' third album, came out on Dew Process in 2011 with the Brisbane band pared down to its core: Patience Hodgson's voice and John Patterson's guitar. Founding drummer Alana Skyring had left to chase a career in cooking, which made this their first record as a duo, and with Gus van Go producing, the pair turned the gap into indie pop that bounces rather than sulks.

"Turn Me On" was the first taste, premiering on Triple J on 29 April 2011, and the two took the do-it-yourself route with the rest, streaming the whole album on their website alongside a homemade video for every track, shot and cut by the band themselves. It reached 11 on the ARIA albums chart, just shy of the top-10 finishes of the two records before it, the most recent being Teeth Lost, Hearts Won.

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