(SC) Barsuk Records have set a January 22nd release date for Ra Ra Riot's third album Beta Love. The album marks the band's first outing as a four piece with members Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin forming the core of the group.
Beta Love's songs are informed by the works of cyperpunk novelist William Gibson and futurist Ray Kurzweil.
Ra Ra Riot will support the new release by touring extensively in the new year and have released a number of tour dates.
Ra Ra Riot, Beta Love
1. Dance with Me
2. Binary Mind
3. Beta Love
4. Is It Too Much
5. For Once
6. Angel, Please
7. What I Do For U
8. When I Dream
9. That Much
10. Wilderness
11. I Shut Off
Ra Ra Riot Tour Dates
* with Passion Pit and Joy Formidable
with Passion Pit
with Guards
§ with Vampire Weekend & Ultraista
November 14 Setnor Auditorium @ Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
November 28 Lupo's Providence, RI*
November 29 Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
December 8 Chameleon Lancaster, PA
December 9 Arch Street Tavern Hartford, CT
December 11 Upstate Concert Hall Clifton Park, NY
December 12 Mohawk Place Buffalo, NY
December 13 Haunt Ithaca, NY
January 23 9:30 Club Washington, DC
January 25 Webster Hall New York, NY
January 26 Paradise Boston, MA
February 2-3 Hostess Club Weekender Tokyo, Japan§
February 7 Venue Vancouver, BC
February 8 Neptune Theater Seattle, WA
February 9 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
February 11 Fillmore San Francisco, CA
February 12 El Rey Los Angeles, CA
February 15 Belly Up Solana Beach, CA
February 16 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
February 17 Lowbrow Palace El Paso AZ
February 19 Kessler Theater Dallas, TX
February 20 The Belmont Austin, TX
February 21 Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
February 23 Proud Larry's Oxford, MS
February 24 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
February 25 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
February 26 Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
February 28 A&R Music Bar Columbus, OH
March 1 Metro Chicago, IL
March 2 Der Rathskeller Madison, WI
March 3 Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
March 5 Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
March 6 Lee's Palace Toronto, ON
March 7 Il Motore Montreal, QC
March 8 Higher Ground S. Burlington, VT
March 9 Pearl Street Northampton, MA
