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Need Your Light

Ra Ra Riot

Need Your Light

Album number four from the Syracuse, NY chamber pop / indie rock band produced by Rostam Batmanglij (ex-Vampire Weekend) and Ryan Hadlock

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Barsuk
UK Release date
19/02/2016
US Release date
19/02/2016
  1. 8.0 |   NOW

    The 10-year-old band should be able to get a dance floor moving more than ever with these songs
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    An ambitious, thrilling album, full of songs that aim to grab your heart as well as your ears
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  3. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    The album overall gives itself over to the hortatory hoedown of a mid-’80s club scene, steeped in the era’s instrumentations and song structures, but pulled—sometimes awkwardly, but mostly smoothly—into a 21st-century pop arena
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  4. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Ra Ra Riot certainly seems like a band at the edge of something
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  5. 7.0 |   Gig Soup

    What is very refreshing about Ra Ra Riot is their ability to evolve and shape their sound with the adaptability of a chameleon on a rainforest leaf
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  6. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    They finally hit the sweet spot
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  7. 6.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It has that same appeal of flicking through a photo album and getting the rush of nostalgia for times long gone and, for that alone, it’s worth something
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  8. 6.5 |   Beardfood

    As striking as Animal Collective, vocals that are implored rather than implied, and an infectious energy that will see you dancing around your kitchen
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  9. 6.0 |   Exclaim

    Certainly a step up from Beta Love, but Ra Ra Riot are missing the orchestral edge that originally set them apart from other groups in their genre
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  10. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Trapped in limbo between indie and pop
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  11. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Four albums in, this is who the indie rockers are -- no more, no less
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  12. 4.5 |   Under The Radar

    Ultimately, Need Your Light will please loyal Ra Ra Riot fans, but despite its slick, bouncy energy, it doesn't make much of a splash
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  13. 4.0 |   Earbuddy

    The only two songs produced and cowritten with Rostam of Vampire Weekend, are pretty much the sole beacons of quality on here
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  14. 4.0 |   DIY

    Represents another stumble in the New Yorkers’ career
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