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Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
| Ew | | Ra Ra Riot's debut album The Rhumb Line charges out of the gate with ''Ghost Under Rocks,'' a bass-and-cello-driven outburst whose urgency recalls Unforgettable Fire-era U2. Two tracks later, ''St. Peter's Day Festival'' proves them equally adept at sighing balladry. Founding member and drummer John Pike co-wrote both of those tunes, along with three others. His accidental death before the disc's recording gives them all a distinctly bittersweet tinge. But the upstate New York quintet's assured performances act as a suitable memorial....full text |
| | Prefixmag | | Even before their original drummer, John Pike, tragically drowned last suumer, New York’s Ra Ra Riot were shrouded in death. In the lyrics, written by Pike and lead singer Wesley Miles, images of ghosts, cemeteries, and dying young pop up again and again. But it’s death viewed from the Morrisey school -- as an affirmation of life (see “Cemetry Gates” from The Queen Is Dead). When Ra Ra Riot sing about looking out over “where the dead rest,” they’re not there to kill themselves or even contemplate it: It just puts them in touch with their own mortality....full text |
| | Courant | Syracuse indie-rock band Ra Ra Riot was on a fast upward trajectory after forming in 2006. Within six months, the group landed a showcase spot at a music festival in New York, earned high praise from major media and released a buzzed-about EP.
Then, last summer, founding drummer and co-songwriter John Pike died in an accidental drowning while on tour, just days before a planned performance in Hartford....full text |
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