Ra Ra Riot

The band started to attract attention due to their energetic live shows, enough to gain an appearance at the CMJ Music Marathon, less than six months after their formation. Following this appearance, their live show received the first of several favorable reviews from SPIN.com, who called them "one of the best young bands we've heard in a really long time". They went on to open for Art Brut and Bow Wow Wow in New York City, toured the UK twice on their own, then returned, opening for Editors; they also toured North America supporting Tokyo Police Club.The band was also invited to play the Iceland Airwaves Festival, in Reykjavik, Iceland. They have recorded three sessions on the national online radio station WOXY and two for the acclaimed Daytrotter sessions at Futureappletree studio 1 in Rock Island, IL.
In 2007, they made their first appearance at South by Southwest, and headlined a show at the South Street Music Festival in New York City.The band returned to appear again at the South by Southwest Music Conference in March of 2008.
After a Providence show, the band's original drummer John Ryan Pike, of Hamilton, MA went missing on June 1, 2007 at Wilbur's Point in Fairhaven, MA. Bandmates, friends, and family laid him to rest on June 9, 2007, and Ra Ra Riot issued a statement a few weeks later that they would continue as a band.
In the winter of 2007, the band signed to major label V2 Records.In December 2007, the band announced that they had finished recording new songs for their debut LP. During their show in Cambridge, MA on April 25th, the band announced their new album "would be released in August.Their debut album The Rhumb Line was released on August 19, 2008 in the United States and Canada. It is due to be released in Europe on September 22, 2008.
Discography
Albums and EPs
Ra Ra Riot EP (2007, Rebel Group)
The Rhumb Line (2008, Barsuk) #109 US

Singles
"Each Year" (2007, Fandango Records)
"Dying is Fine" (2007), V2)

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