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New York indie orchestral outfit Ra Ra Riot have announced plans for LP number three. Wes Miles and associates will follow up 2010’s The Orchard and 2008’s The Rhumb Line with a new full-length entitled Beta Love. Produced by Dennis Herring and recorded in Mississippi, Beta Love will be Ra Ra Riot’s first release since the departure of cellist Alexandra Lawn. Beta Love is apparently inspired by “the works of cyberpunk novelist William Gibson and futurist Ray Kurzweil’s musings on technological singularity and transhumanism.”
In other news, the band has announced an extensive North American tour running through this winter. Take a look at Beta Love’s 11-song track list and Ra Ra Riot’s upcoming tour schedule below and pick up the new album Jan. 22 via Barsuk. [P4K]
Beta Love track list:
01 Dance With Me
02 Binary Mind
03 Beta Love
04 Is It Too Much
05 For Once
06 Angel, Please
07 What I Do for U
08 When I Dream
09 That Much
10 Wilderness
11 I Shut Off
Ra Ra Riot tour dates:
11.14 Syracuse, NY: Setnor Auditorium @ Syracuse University
11.28 Providence, RI: Lupo’s *
11.29 Philadelphia, PA : Liacouras Center #
12.08 Lancaster, PA: Chameleon %
12.09 Hartford, CT: Arch Street Tavern %
12.11 Clifton Park, NY: Upstate Concert Hall %
12.12 Buffalo, NY: Mohawk Place %
12.13 Ithaca, NY: Haunt %
01.23 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club
01.25 New York, NY: Webster Hall
01.26 Boston, MA: Paradise
02.02-03 Tokyo, Japan: Hostess Club Weekender +
02.07 Vancouver, British Columbia: Venue
02.08 Seattle, WA: Neptune Theater
02.09 Portland, OR: Wonder Ballroom
02.11 San Francisco, CA: Fillmore
02.12 Los Angeles, CA: El Rey
02.15 Solana Beach, CA: Belly Up
02.16 Tucson, AZ: Club Congress
02.17 El Paso, AZ: Lowbrow Palace
02.19 Dallas, TX: Kessler Theater
02.20 Austin, TX: The Belmont
02.21 Houston, TX: Fitzgerald’s
02.23 Oxford, MS: Proud Larry’s
02.24 Atlanta, GA: Masquerade
02.25 Carrboro, NC: Cat’s Cradle
02.26 Asheville, NC: Grey Eagle
02.28 Columbus, OH: A&R Music Bar
03.01 Chicago, IL: Metro
03.02 Madison, WI: Der Rathskeller
03.03 Minneapolis, MN: Triple Rock
03.05 Ann Arbor, MI: Blind Pig
03.06 Toronto, Ontario: Lee's Palace
03.07 Montreal, Quebec: Il Motore
03.08 S. Burlington, VT: Higher Ground
03.09 Northampton, MA: Pearl Street
* with Passion Pit and Joy Formidable
# with Passion Pit
% with Guards
+ with Vampire Weekend and Ultraista