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Ra Ra Riot is the self-titled EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

and debut release of the Syracuse

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-based indie rock

Indie rock

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band Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot is an American indie rock band from Syracuse, New York, consisting of vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, cellist Alexandra Lawn , violinist Rebecca Zeller, and drummer Kenny Bernard.-History:...

. Recorded in Brooklyn, NY in January 2007, the six-song EP was originally self-released before the band signed with The Rebel Group for distribution.

Track listing

"Each Year" – 3:48
"Everest" – 2:26
"Dying Is Fine
Dying Is Fine
"Dying Is Fine" was one of the first songs written by Ra Ra Riot. It was released several times, being reworked for their first full album, The Rhumb Line, in 2008. The song was inspired by the e. e. cummings poem, dying is fine)but death...

" – 6:09
"Can You Tell" – 2:31
"A Manner to Act" – 2:51
"Ghost Under Rocks" – 4:29

Videos

"Dying Is Fine": Directed by Albert Birney, Nicholas Gurewitch, and Jon Moses.

Personnel

Milo Bonacci: guitar
Alexandra Lawn: cello
Wesley Miles: keyboards / vocals
John Pike: drums
Mathieu Santos: bass guitar
Rebecca Zeller: violin

External links

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