Ra Ra Riot
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Biography
Combining rock with pop flourishes (courtesy of a small string section), Ra Ra Riot formed while the band's six members were attending college in Syracuse, NY. Milo Bonacci (guitar), Alexandra Lawn (cello), Wesley Miles (keyboard/vocals), John Pike (drums), Mathieu Santos (bass), and Rebecca Zeller (violin) first came together in January 2006, creating an eclectic sound that allowed them to play alongside The Horrors, Bow Wow Wow, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin within a year of the band's formation. After pulling up stakes and relocating to New York City, the band recorded a self-titled EP and prepared to release it during the summer of 2007. That June, however, Pike died after disappearing one night from a party in Fairhaven, RI. His body was later found in nearby Buzzard's Bay. Several weeks later, the mourning bandmates issued a statement confirming their continuation as a band.
Read More...Ra Ra Riot joined the roster at V2 Records later that year before switching their American operations to Barsuk Records, who signed them in May 2008 and released their debut album, The Rhumb Line, in August. Reviews were positive, and Ra Ra Riot spent the better part of a year on the road, where they toured with bands like Death Cab For Cutie and headlined their own performances as well. During a lull in their schedule, the musicians decamped to a peach orchard in upstate New York, where they spent several weeks writing songs and recording demos. Those songs eventually made their way onto The Orchard, Ra Ra Riot's second album, which appeared in August 2010. ~ Andrew Leahey & Kenyon Hopkin, Rovi
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Can You Tell - (2:42) - 92,851 playsLyricsOh, have I been too discreet?
How long am I supposed to wait?
I think about you nightly
Oh, can you tell I'm losing sleep?
Oh, what am I supposed to do?
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Boy - (3:10) - 69,552 playsLyricsWhen I have once or twice
Thought I lived my life .. for
Oh oh I'll wake up in a thousand years
With every ghost I'm looking through
I was a cold, cold boy
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Ghost Under Rocks - (4:28) - 48,568 playsLyricsWhen every little thing
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At you and starts to mean
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Dying Is Fine - (6:07) - 48,785 playsLyricsTo settle our thoughts
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Nothing of a harm to dread
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Each Year - (3:47) - 38,153 playsLyricsCome on, force it down
I’m imagining
Oh, come on, force it down
I’m imagining
Imagining a place where
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