RATATAT reveal new album ‘Magnifique’ details

RATATAT have revealed details of their fifth studio album ‘Magnifique,’ which will be out on July 17 via XL Recordings (out via Because Music in UK and Europe). The 14-track album includes the recently released single Cream On Chrome, which the duo debuted during their closing, headline set at this year’s Coachella. RATATAT released a video for Intro that you can check out below via YouTube.

Following up on the experimental sounds of ‘LP3’ and ‘LP4’, RATATAT return to their core guitar-driven sound on ‘Magnifique,’ which was recorded over the course of four years in various studios in different locations including Jamaica, upstate New York, Long Island, and their home studio in Brooklyn. The art for ‘Magnifique’ includes a series of sketches drawn by Mast and Stroud during the recording sessions. What else can you expect on ‘Magnifique’? – pedal steel guitar, the sound of a tiny 1940’s guitar amp found in a thrift store in Guadalajara used on Intro, a song named upon the discovery that the guys both had posters of a Countach on their walls in junior high (the duo met in college), and a cover, their first ever, called I Will Return by Springwater (aka Phil Cordell).

‘Magnifique’ track list:
1. Intro
2. Cream On Chrome
3. Magnifique
4. Abrasive
5. Countach
6. Drift
7. Pricks Of Brightness
8. Nightclub Amnesia
9. Cold Fingers
10. Supreme
11. Rome
12. Primetime
13. I Will Return
14. Outro

Pre-order RATATAT ‘Magnifique’ and get Cream on Chrome and Intro instant gratis:
iTunes: smarturl.it/RatatatMagnifique
XL Store: smarturl.it/RatatatMagnifique_LP
Google Play: smarturl.it/RatatatMagnifique_gp

In support of ‘Magnifique’, RATATAT have already hit the road running with sold-out shows in April and confirmed festival appearances at Primavera Sound, Governor’s Ball, Capital Hill Block Party and HARD Summer. They also played a string of shows across North American including sold-out shows in Tulsa, Denver, Pomona, San Diego and an appearance at Coachella. Consequence of Sound reviewed the band’s recent headline show in Pomona noting “fans’ rabid reaction thought this performance spoke volumes about the outfit’s perhaps underrated impact and popularity…their 75-minute set was nothing less than explosive from beginning to end.”

RATATAT has additionally announced they’ll play more West Coast headline shows in Vancouver on July 27, Portland, OR on July 29 and San Francisco on July 31 around their festival appearances at Seattle’s Capital Hill Block Party and Los Angeles’ Hard Summer Music Festival – full list of tour dates below.

Tour dates:
5/30 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain
5/31 – We Love Green – Paris, France
6/5 – Governor’s Ball – New York, NY
7/24-7/26 Capitol Hill Block Party – Seattle, WA
7/27 The Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
7/29 Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR
7/31 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
8/2 Hard Summer Music Festival – Pomona, CA
8/14 Route Du Rock Festival – Saint-Malo, France
8/17 Vega Festival – Copenhagen, Denmark
8/19 C/O Pop Festival – Cologne, Germany
8/21 Cabaret Vert Festival – Charleville-Mezieres, France
8/22 Paredes De Coura Festival – Paredes De Coura, Portugal