RNDM

In 1999, singer/songwriter <a href="spotify:artist:5aD0uh1BpYTN7AzhiSDgaO">Joseph Arthur</a> opened a gig headlined by <a href="spotify:artist:6mIRZveOAidErFYZZFEe1M">Three Fish</a>, a side project of <a href="spotify:artist:1w5Kfo2jwwIPruYS2UWh56">Pearl Jam</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:3WQx0LWkYh95zn8McSjbJh">Jeff Ament</a> and Richard Stuverud of <a href="spotify:artist:2mlDM1k4J5XijZKXALxhDT">the Fastbacks</a>. The trio hit it off, but it would take a decade for them to collaborate. In 2010, they reunited in Seattle, where <a href="spotify:artist:3WQx0LWkYh95zn8McSjbJh">Ament</a> invited <a href="spotify:artist:5aD0uh1BpYTN7AzhiSDgaO">Arthur</a> to his Montana studio. Two years later, in April 2012, the group dubbed RNDM recorded an album in four days. Acts was released in October that year. It featured a familiar '90s alt-rock sound, laying <a href="spotify:artist:5aD0uh1BpYTN7AzhiSDgaO">Arthur</a>'s gravelly voice over <a href="spotify:artist:3WQx0LWkYh95zn8McSjbJh">Ament</a> and Stuverud's rollicking bass and drums. Four years later, the band returned with a sophomore effort. Updating their sound with slinky rhythms and dance beats, RNDM debuted their new sonic direction on first single "NYC Freaks." Ghost Riding was released a month later in March 2016. ~ Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi