Ratboys - Alien With a Sleepmask On | Audiotree Far Out
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Upheaval and change are themes spread throughout the songs on Printer’s Devil, the latest Ratboys LP, out February 28, 2020 via Topshelf Records. But all the while, singer-songwriter Julia Steiner embraces moments of uncertainty as a necessary part of growing. Steiner recalls a David Byrne lyric, “I’m lost, but I’m not afraid” as inspiration for the transformative outlook, considering the line a personal mantra while writing Ratboys’ third full-length record. “There’s definitely a lot of uncertainty about what’s next, but I like to think that, in the midst of creating a lot of vulnerability for ourselves, we’re confident and becoming more self-assured.”
Steiner wrote the record with guitarist Dave Sagan while she was experiencing a dramatic shift in her own foundations, demoing out songs in her Louisville, Kentucky childhood home, which had just been sold and emptied out. “Demoing there was almost too intense,” Steiner says. “I kept writing in my journal that it feels like we shouldn’t be there. I don’t know if that feeling made its way directly into the lyrics, but to me the songs will always be connected to that sense of home and time passing.”
With years of touring under their belts, Steiner and Sagan have welcomed a newly consistent four-piece lineup, after years of shuffling through drummers. The band’s comfortable core - which sees Steiner and Sagan backed by drummer Marcus Nuccio and bassist Sean Neumann - is tangible across Printer’s Devil. What started as an acoustic duo has finally transformed into a full-scale indie-rock band with a clear identity. The rhythm section brings the band not only consistency, but a jolt in line with Steiner and Sagan’s growing sonic aspirations: Printer’s Devil was recorded live at Decade Music Studios in Chicago and was produced by the band and engineer Erik Rasmussen. Big-chorus power pop songs like “Alien with a Sleep Mask On” and “Anj” sound massive and larger than life, while the band’s dynamics beautifully thread together intimate folk songs like “A Vision” and devastating alt-country tracks like “Listening,” showcasing a rare range that invites listeners to imagine the band blowing out a 2,000-cap room or playing quietly next to you in the living room.
Building off their previous albums-AOID (2015) and GN (2017), which feature bright, youthful Americana narratives centered around soft vocal cadences and fluid, melodic lead guitars-Ratboys captures the bombastic, electrified fun of their live show in a bottle on Printer’s Devil and showcases their growing chemistry as a tight-knit group. Through all the change that fueled the record, Ratboys’ latest album Printer’s Devil finds a band that’s truly grown into itself and is just getting started.
Recorded on Wednesday, July 1 in Chicago, IL.
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@offwhitehouserecords
3 жыл бұрын
100%
@agreen182
3 жыл бұрын
Best audio on YT
Marcus is the best Ratboys drummer. Sorry to all 26 previous drummers- you all were great, but he is king.
@vladimirgrutas5853
3 жыл бұрын
wristsinside and a good pitcher
I really like the way she sings
Man I love that bass tone
Thanks audiotree for introducing me to yet another great band, this is sick!
I don't have to miss that "Old" Charly Bliss sound anymore! Thanks Audiotree!
Felt like I was watching an episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete for a second there
@JohnnyChoreography
3 жыл бұрын
Popcorn Sutton Underrated comment. I agree!!!
This is the most 90s revival shit since Wolf Alice started cranking out the jams. Love it
@DillerDallerDuller
3 жыл бұрын
Check out Beabadoobee if 90’s revival is your thing
@AaronClow
3 жыл бұрын
@@DillerDallerDuller Every time Beabadoobee comes on my playlist, my wife says, "she sounds like Juliana Hatfield" lol
@dongately2817
3 жыл бұрын
I got flashbacks of Veruca Salt
This reminds me of my favorite music from the 2000's with some fun pedal and FX playing around.
@Dielawn69
3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me more of mid to late 90's indie from the midwest.
Los conocí hace poco y me vuela la cabeza lo que hacen, este tema es muy viajero y volador.
Pretty cool that they got John Oliver to drum for them
Damn they sound so good
iconic!! all whilst wearing a where does the good grow shirt ... mad props
the take me out to the ball game cover should be its own video
was he playing that solo through that critter and guitari? rad.
Ratboys!!! 🐀 let's go!
Love these guys
R A T B O Y S F O R E V E R !!!!
Someday, can we play a game of softball with y'all? Rats vs Bats!
that guitar part with the organelle is sweeeeeeeeeeeet
Can’t wait to see a Ratboys show again!
@AaronClow
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously. Had tickets to see them in NYC in April. We know how that went. :(
@jakeibishi
3 жыл бұрын
@@AaronClow 😖😭
Love this!
I love thats she's wearing Chacos. A VIBE
FUCK YEAH. The boys are back in town!
90s vibe!!!! or maybe 00s
Powerful jammz ✌️
Sound is incredible. Gonna need a rig rundown from the audio engineer(s) !!
@ddddoodles
3 жыл бұрын
Serously! I'm often amazed by Audiotree's sound but outdoors with monitors and this quality is unreal
wait, ratboys did some stuff? I was watchin them with like, 30 people in humboldt park in a basement like, 7 years ago...YESSSSS.
I like the "Bad Bad Hats" hat!
Chicks with Danelectros=cute as hell.
Ah yeah! I love Plum Tree
awesome. reminds me a lot of two inch astronaut too
When the local band at the corner bar is actually really fucking good...
Sounds awesome
Loved it
hell yeah
Rats Rats We're the rats
Does anyone know which park this was filmed in? Asking on behalf of a guinea pig that wants to get his socially-distant strut ON before the Midwestern cold hits
@charlesgrant4440
Жыл бұрын
not sure if you're still wondering but it's peterson park. grew up right by it and still ride my bike over there when I get the chance, its an awesome park
I can't stop staring at the homeplate...
Pocket piano level 9000
What is song on opening video 0:08 ? ? ?
@Simple_City
3 жыл бұрын
It's called "Wipe Out", originally by the Surfaris, but it's been covered probably hundreds of times at this point!
I saw them opening for Foxing. They were fucking rad.
91.9 WFPK brought me here With a KZread algorithm or 2
Does anybody know what those guitar amp mics are?
@kevinpolochak9477
3 жыл бұрын
They look like either Royer R121 or R122. Really cool Ribbon Microphones.
3:00 what pedal?
Sooo Good!!! Love me some Ratboys!
I can't stop thinking about all the sand that could damage the equipment.
We love you from Indonesian
Waaaaaaaaaaaaa Ratboys 💯💯💯
Get modern color and narrow head on audiotree live or far out 👀
Great sound . the part where evereybody soloing or whatever fire them
Who is Ratboys are?
nice
Retboys i like
Is that the drummer from Pet Symmetry?
@keagsface
3 жыл бұрын
Have since confirmed it is, haha.
@wristsinside
3 жыл бұрын
yes.
@benjrowe3045
3 жыл бұрын
No the drummer for pet sym is Marcus. This is margus
this rips
Fuck yea, dude.
*Heyyyyy, is that one RatBoy a girl?*
@jrmb241
3 жыл бұрын
"Yes" *girl flips bird*
Soloing how about just
Is it just me or does it sound like to you too like a wrong played smells like teen spirit in the begining of the song 0:55
@callanc3925
3 жыл бұрын
just you mate
@barisbalkir
3 жыл бұрын
@@callanc3925 Felt so relaxed to know. But it is totaly true 😆
Good music. Not my flavor.
All gay band? nice!
Wack
This is literally just bad bad hats
Girl, those shoes are not it
@bak4320
3 жыл бұрын
Or just wear whatever shoes you fucking want lol
This is awful
this band is so boring lol
@ilusiondefrecuencia
3 жыл бұрын
and u are?????¿?¿?¿?