RA RA RIOT REVEALS NEW ALBUM TRACK “FOREIGN LOVERS”

BROOKLYN BAND’S NEW ALBUM, NEED YOUR LIGHT, OUT FEBRUARY 19 ON ARTS & CRAFTS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN MARCH 2 WITH STOPS IN MONTREAL, TORONTO, AND VANCOUVER

LISTEN TO “FOREIGN LOVERS” HERE VIA INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

WATCH AND SHARE THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “FOREIGN LOVERS” HERE

Ra Ra Riot, whose upcoming album, Need Your Light, is due out February 19 on Arts & Crafts, is happy to share a new track off the LP. "Foreign Lovers"premiered Monday courtesy of Interview Magazine.

LISTEN TO “FOREIGN LOVERS” HERE VIA INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

WATCH AND SHARE THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “FOREIGN LOVERS” HERE

"Foreign Lovers" and much of Need Your Light was produced by Ryan Hadlock (Vance Joy, Blonde Redhead). However, both the title track and "Water" were produced by Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend, Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen), who has a long-time association with the band.

Ra Ra Riot has confirmed the first tour in support of Need Your Light beginning March 2 with stops in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Full North American tour dates can be found below.

Earlier this year Ra Ra Riot shared singles "Absolutely", which has surpassed 1 million streams on Spotify to date, and "Water" which has neared 2 million streams. “Water” is a collaboration with Rostam and showcases Ra Ra Riot's heightened levels of experimentation found throughout Need Your Light. Both tracks have seen significant attention; "Water" peaked at #25 on FMQB, KCRW posted it as "Today's Top Tune" earlier this year, and the it was just included in Sirius' Alt Nation's Alt 18. Last week Ra Ra Riot shared Dim Sum's remix of "Absolutely" which you can listen to below.

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Harper’s Bazaar recently included Need Your Light in their ‘10 Albums You Need To Listen To In February’ saying, "the singles from Light don't stray from the band's fun indie vibe, especially 'Absolutely' which the band fittingly released on New Year's Day. ‘It's the year of absolutely being, absolutely nothing, absolutely crushing,' they sing, possibly foreshadowing what the forthcoming album holds.” WNYC pegged "Absolutely” as an "undeniable bit of synthpop" and Stereogum labeled it “ebullient".

Need Your Light is the fourth full-length from Ra Ra Riot and sees the band getting back to their house party roots without abandoning the more heady soundscapes they explored with 2013's Beta Love. The result is an album that's celebratory without being saccharine and that sees the group collectively mining their prior experiences in order to craft something that looks toward the future with an optimistic gaze.

Ra Ra Riot is Wes Miles (vocals), Mathieu Santos (bass), Milo Bonacci (guitar), Rebecca Zeller (violin), and Kenny Bernard (drums)