in which ra ra riot does it again

so, there are some bands out there that always get my knee bouncing. tokyo police club and vampire weekend are two such bands. so is ra ra riot.

i mean, how can anyone actually dislike ra ra riot? they're like a fizzy drink and cotton candy on a warm day. your stomach is feeling effervescent, your fingers are sticky, and life is good.



they've got a new album on the horizon, the orchard, so as a preview to whet our whistles, they released an EP. i like EPs. i know a lot of music snobs think they're irrelevant and go against the purity and artistry of a carefully built album, but i like them. it's like buying a slice of pizza instead of the whole pan.

boy, the lead single, is so frigging fun. it's got the standard guitar riffs that you'd expect in a ra ra riot song: all bouncy, hyper and quick to the draw.

when i have
once or twice
thought i lived
my life
for

oh oh i'll
wake up
in a thousand years
with every ghost i'm looking through
i was a cold
cold boy
hey!
oh when i lie with you
but when i go back through
i... i...

when it's gone
and you hope
that your mind's
made up
oh i
wake up
twenty thousand years
with every ghost
of what i knew
i was a cold
cold boy
hey!
oh when i lie with you
but when i go back you
i... i...

i was a cold
cold boy
hey!
oh when i say to you
when i go back through
i... i...


(mp3) boy by ra ra riot (via jonk music, although if you sign up for their newsletter, ra ra riot will send you the mp3 of boy for free - go HERE to do so)