On May 1, 2024, Ra Ra Riot released their first new song in five years, “The Wish”, co-written and produced by Rostam Batmanglij.
On February 20, 2024, the band announced the RA RA RIOT: REDIVIVUS Tour, in celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of The Rhumb Line , partially supporting Vampire Weekend.
On May 17, 2019, the band shared a new song, “Flowers”, along with the announcement of their fifth studio album, Superbloom . The album, released on August 9, saw the band collaborate with Rostam once again.
On February 19, 2016, Ra Ra Riot released their fourth studio album, Need Your Light . The album was produced by Ryan Hadlock ( Lumineers , Vance Joy ) with additional production by Batmanglij, who produced and co-wrote the title track as well as the popular single “Water.”
The band’s third studio album, Beta Love , was released on January 22, 2013, coinciding with a live worldwide Internet broadcast of the band’s concert that night at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York. The album was the band’s first full-length since the departure of Lawn and marked…
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In January 2011, Ra Ra Riot were nominated for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards in the Pop/Rock Album category for The Orchard . Also in 2011, their song “Boy” was featured in a Honda Civic commercial and used in an episode (“A History of Violins”) of the TV show…
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In the spring of 2009, Barsuk released the Can You Tell EP, featuring remixes, early demos and live recordings. The band released their second studio album, The Orchard , on August 24, 2010. It was produced by Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Maury . Nine of the 10 tracks were…
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On May 19, 2008, the band announced that they had signed to Barsuk Records . They released their debut album, The Rhumb Line , on August 19, 2008, in North America, and on September 22, 2008, in Europe via V2/ Cooperative Music . The music video for “Can You Tell”…
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In July 2007, an eponymous six-song EP was released on the Rebel Group label. In the winter of 2007, the band signed to major label V2 Records . To celebrate their new label deal, Ra Ra Riot released ” Dying Is Fine ” and “Each Year (RAC Mix)” on 7″…
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On June 2, 2007, at 3 a.m., the band’s original drummer, John Ryan Pike of Hamilton, Massachusetts , went missing under suspicious circumstances at a party at Wilbur’s Point in Fairhaven, Massachusetts , after a show in Providence, Rhode Island . A search party discovered his cellphone on the beach…
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