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Rah Rah

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Regina, Saskatchewan indie rock band Rah Rah started off in the spirit of their Canadian forebears, <a href="spotify:artist:6v8FB84lnmJs434UJf2Mrm">Neil Young</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3kjuyTCjPG1WMFCiyc5IuB">Arcade Fire</a>, performing sweeping, heart-on-the-sleeve indie folk. The band was formed by original members Erin Passmore (drums/keyboard/bass) and Marshall Burns (guitar), who shared main vocal duties, while Joel Passmore (bass), Jeffrey Romanyk (drums/keyboard/guitar), Vanessa Benson (keyboard/bass), and Kristina Hedlund (violin/accordion/keyboard) rounded out the group. The original lineup released an EP in 2006 (Songs for Pasquala), which was followed by their late-2008 debut LP, Going Steady, and follow-up, 2010's Breaking Hearts. The combination of soaring harmonies, rousing energy, and male-female vocal interplay was reminiscent of <a href="spotify:artist:3kjuyTCjPG1WMFCiyc5IuB">Arcade Fire</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7giUHu5pv6YTZgSkxxCcgh">Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros</a>, while hints of synth pop shimmered through. This attention to the beats became apparent when they released a free remix album in 2011, appropriately titled Rahmixes. The band signed with Canadian label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hidden+Pony%22">Hidden Pony</a> in 2012 and released The Poet's Dead, which was produced by Gus Van Go and Werner F (<a href="spotify:artist:0fdKgNnfYBXuLEwoSdIf76">the Stills</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4eNWAiPUXRaPmyWSc9glM3">Hollerado</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3RxjSLIz5osqOhGarH9lFV">Priestess</a>) and long-listed for Canada's prestigious Polaris Music Prize (which ended up going to <a href="spotify:artist:4svpOyfmQKuWpHLjgy4cdK">Godspeed You! Black Emperor</a>). In September 2015 Rah Rah released Vessels, the most realized culmination of their different styles yet, a polished combination of arena-ready indie rock and slinky synth pop. ~ Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi

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