Ra Ra Riot Tease The Orchard With "Keep It Quiet" Preview, Announce North American Tour Dates

Sophomore Album Out August 24th on Barsuk Records

Syracuse quintet Ra Ra Riot premiered, "Keep It Quiet," a two-minute preview on the making of their sophomore album, The Orchard, this week at RaRaRiot.com.

Directed by Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalczyk, "Keep It Quiet" provides a brief glimpse into the idyllic setting in which the new album was written, including exclusive performance footage shot in the orchard that inspired the record’s title.

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Due August 24th on Barsuk Records, The Orchard follows up Ra Ra Riot's debut album, The Rhumb Line, released two years earlier, almost to the day. The Rhumb Line debuted at #109 on the U.S. album chart and went on to sell in excess of 60,000 copies.

Ra Ra Riot also just announced an extensive North American tour in support of The Orchard. Preceded by appearances at the Osheaga and Bumbershoot festivals and a support slot for Devo at this year's Columbus Ohio State Fair, the tour kicks off with a September 21-24 four-night stand in New York, with coast to coast headlining dates running through to late November.

The Orchard was produced by Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Maury and mixed by Chris Walla (with the exception of "Do You Remember," which was mixed by Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij), The Orchard's full track listing is:

1 The Orchard
2 Boy
3 Too Dramatic
4 Foolish
5 Massachusetts
6 You and I Know
7 Shadowcasting
8 Do You Remember
9 Kansai
10 Keep It Quiet

Ra Ra Riot is vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, violinist Rebecca Zeller and cellist Alexandra Lawn. The Orchard marks the first time the band has been joined in the studio by drummer Gabriel Duquette, who has toured with the band since the release of The Rhumb Line.

Ra Ra Riot 2010 tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

August 2010

8-1 Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
8-4 Columbus, OH - Columbus State Fair w/Devo
8-28 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater

September 2010

9-5 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
9-9 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom/MFNW
9-12 North Dorset, UK - End of the Road Festival
9-18 Geneva, NY - Three Stories Benefit @ Cracker Factory
9-21 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
9-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
9-23 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9-24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9-27 Northampton, MA - Pearl St.
9-28 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
9-29 Providence, RI - The Met

October 2010

10-1 Boston, MA - Royale
10-2 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-3 Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
10-4 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
10-5 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-7 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre
10-8 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
10-11 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
10-12 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-13 Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club
10-19 Pomona, CA - Glass House
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box @ Henry Fonda
10-21 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern
10-22 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
10-24 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbits
10-26 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-27 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10-28 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
10-29 Little Rock, AR - Rev Room
10-30 Nashville, TN - Exit/In

November 2010

11-1 Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre
11-2 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade-Hell Room
11-3 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11-4 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
11-5 Washington, DC - 930 Club
11-13 Vancouver, BC - The Commodore
11-17 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
11-19 Saskatoon, SK - Louis' Pub
11-20 Winnipeg, MB - The Garric

For more information and to watch Ra Ra Riot's "Keep It Quiet" preview, go to: Ra Ra Riot Official Website

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