Fair-weather French-Canadian Friday, Friends,
Friends of friends with attractive female strings players will always be given a chance by me (I'm equal-opportunity but am also human). However, when a friend recommended Syracuse University's own Ra Ra Riot, in which her friends played, I immediately fell for the band hard. After releasing a fantastic 6 song self-titled EP, their drummer drowned tragically and the band was forced to regroup or call it quits. Luckily for all their fans, they chose the former and have been touring and recording since. In August, they released their first full-length album on Barsuk Records "The Rhumb Line" and now can tell all their fellow Orangemen that they are labelmates with Death Cab, Mates of State, Menomena, and others.
RRR manages to establish deep grooves while also expertly layering guitar, cello, violin, and often keys on top.
The song "Oh, La" is my favorite track on the new record. Although I'm not thrilled with the production of this album in general, there's a lot of nice production on this track. If you're wearing solid headphones, check out how the cello and violin parts switch from your left ear to the right ear in the intro. Then as the song moves on, they start layering in baritone sax. I also love the bass and drum interplay on the song.
Ra Ra Riot, "Oh, La"
Let me know what you think and have a great holiday weekend,
Nick
Friday, August 29, 2008
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