Ra Ra Riot

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“Dance With Me”
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VIDEOS: “Dance With Me” “Beta Love” |
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“Dying Is Fine” |
Ra Ra Riot's third album Beta Love was released on January 22. The album marks the band's first outing as a four piece with members Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin forming the core of the group. Inspired by their lean new lineup, the recording process found Ra Ra Riot's members exploring and re-defining their roles within the new makeup of the group. They built upon demos created mostly by Miles and producer Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello, Wavves) at Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, MS. For the first time in their history the band recorded in a warmer climate and found themselves stimulated by the balmy Southern air and the physical setting of Oxford. Joined by session drummer Josh Freese (Devo, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer) the band enjoyed exploring its potential, experimenting with new influences and exciting sounds.
Mathieu said of the sessions, "Making the record was a lot of fun for us, because we were in a completely different environment, trying a completely new approach. We'd been used to arriving at a session with every song totally arranged and figured out, but in Oxford, a lot of the creative decision-making happened in the studio, on the fly. We wanted to be outside of our collective comfort zone for this record. We wanted to be open to new things happening. There was a lot of building up and tearing down with Dennis—a lot of problem solving, a lot of trial and error, and that was really exciting for us."
Ra Ra Riot announce tour dates with The Shins, plus 10-inch vinyl for Record Store Day 02 Apr 2013
Following the release of their third album, Beta Love, Ra Ra Riot has just wrapped up their US headline tour and SXSW before playing a string of dates with The Shins, plus a slew of summer festivals and solo shows. The band is also releasing Binary Mind as a special Record Store Day 10-inch vinyl EP, limited to 1000 copies. Binary Mind contains the title track and the unreleased song All I Fear, plus three demo versions of songs from the Beta Love sessions, and will be available in record stores across the US on April 20th (Record Store Day).
26 May |
BOSTON, MA · Boston Calling |
27 May |
RICHMOND, VA · The National |
28 May |
NORFOLK, VA · NorVa |
30 May |
MORRISON, CO · Red Rocks |
31 May |
ALBUQUERQUE, NM · Launchpad |
2 Jun |
AUSTIN, TX · Cedar Park Center |
3 Jun |
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX · Verizon Theater |
5 Jun |
ORLANDO, FL · Hard Rock LIve |
6 Jun |
ATLANTA, GA · Fox Theatre |
7 Jun |
RALEIGH, NC · Red Hat Amphiteatre |