RATATAT to release iTunes exclusive single TOUR Starts 9/7! 01 Sep 2010

RATATAT are set to release the track "Drugs" on 9/14 as an exclusive single for iTunes.  This single version will feature a remix of "Drugs" by Nguzu Nguzu as the b-side, which is not available elsewhere.  The "Drugs" iTunes release will coincide with the duo's first proper U.S. tour in support of LP4, their latest full-length which came out earlier this Summer on XL Recordings.  The band are sensational live, and have electrified 6,000+ audiences all over the world!  These dates, including an LA stop at Club Nokia, and closing with not one but TWO nights headlining Terminal 5 in NYC will be very special indeed.

A video for "Drugs" will be available for sale on iTunes as well on 9/6.  It can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhrteSZXFzM

LP4 is the 4th studio album from Ratatat (aka Evan Mast and Mike Stroud), and was primarily recorded at Old Soul Studios, in upstate New York, though this time around, Ratatat opted to work with a full string section at Glassworks Studios in Manhattan.  LP4 also features spoken word interludes from films by Werner Herzog and Terence Mallick.

Praise for LP4

“On LP4 it’s clear that big licks can still be cool — as long as they’re served over scratchy samples, chest-rattling beats, and a United Nations of instruments, from Iranian drums to Japanese strings….(LP4) is an album that demands to be pumped through massive speakers.” - Wired Magazine

"LP4, while not sacrificing the duo’s trusted formula, is quite obviously protean to the hilt, with aural particulars interlocking with unprecedented intricacy." - PopMatters (9/10)

“the addition of a string section and hand-drums to the group's arsenal of clashing sounds gives the new release a more exotic vibe” - Billboard

"It is instrumental rock music that is experimental, emotional, colorful, and engaging, while skillfully blurring many musical boundaries." - Delusions Of Adequacy


Ratatat Fall U.S. Tour Dates

9/7 Metropolis Montreal, QU
9/8 Sound Academy Toronto, ON
9/9 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theater MI
9/10 Riviera Theater Chicago, IL
9/11 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
9/14 Showbox SoDo Seattle , WA
9/15 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
9/16 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
9/17 Warfield Theater San Francisco, CA
9/18 Majestic Ventura Theater Ventura, CA
9/19 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
9/21 Club Nokia Los Angeles , CA
9/22 House Of Blues Las Vegas NV
9/24 Fox Theater Pomona , CA
9/25 Venue Of Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ
9/27 Stubbs BBQ Austin, TX
9/28 Palladium Ballroom Dallas, TX
9/29 George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
9/30 McAlister Auditorium New Orleans, LA
10/1 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
10/2 Amos' Southend Charlotte, NC
10/5 House Of Blues Boston, MA
10/6 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
10/7 930 Club Washington, DC
10/8 Terminal 5 New York, NY
10/9 Terminal 5 New York, NY

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