Ra Ra Riot

The new album from permanent East-Coaster’s Ra Ra Riot to many could have been an easy affair to get. They had toured the hell out of an EP and a 7″ but the final day of a proper full length was something I didn’t expect this soon. One of the best pickups from Barsuk has proven that touring incessantly CAN be a good thing and it has only brought the kids together to create an effort that is one of my favorites of the year. The cello/violin combo is what gets me on every song. Or, perhaps, is it the brilliant songwriting of what it’s like to be in love in the early years of youth. In any case, they will be touring with Walter Meego?!?!
You can purchase the forthcoming album, Rhumb Line, August 19th, here.

Ra Ra Riot-Dying is Fine [mp3]

SEPTEMBER:

3 Lambi (Montreal, QC)#
4 Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, ON)#
5 Mojo’s (Jamestown, NY)#
6 Bug Jar (Rochester, NY)#
7 Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
9 The Basement (Columbus, OH)#
10 Case Western (Cleveland, OH)
12 7th Street Entry (Minneapolis, MN)#
14 Jackpot Saloon (Lawrence, KS)#
16 Hi Dive (Denver, CO)#
17 Kilby Court (Salt Lake City, UT)#
18 Neurolux (Boise, ID)#
20 King Cobra (Seattle, WA)#
21 Media Club (Vancouver, BC)#
22 Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR)#
24 Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA)#
25 The Echo (Los Angeles, CA)#
28 The Casbah (San Diego, CA)#*
29 Modified (Phoenix, AZ)#*
30 Plush (Tucson, AZ)#*

OCTOBER:

2 The Loft (Dallas, TX)#*
3 Stubb’s (Austin, TX)#*
4 Rudyards (Houston, TX)#*
7 The Social (Orlando, FL)#*
8 Club Downunder (Tallahassee, FL)#*
10 Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta, GA)#*
11 Local 506 (Chapel Hill, NC)#*
12 Black Cat Backstage (Washington, DC)#*
14 Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)#*
15 Johnny Brenda’s (Philadelphia, PA)#*
18 Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA)#*

# w/ Walter Meego
* w/ the morning bender