Name: The Past Is Still Alive
Brand: Hurray For The Riff Raff

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075597902587

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Orange

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-02-23

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WEA /­ ADA

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Sales:8.875

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Orange LP

075597902594

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Artist

Hurray For The Riff Raff

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Nonesuch

Hurray For The Riff Raff is a folk-blues/Americana band hailing from the vibrant city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Formed in 2007, this talented group has been captivating audiences with their soulful and authentic sound ever since.
With roots deeply embedded in the rich musical heritage of the American South, Hurray For The Riff Raff brings a unique blend of traditional folk and blues influences to their music. Their heartfelt lyrics and haunting melodies transport listeners to another time and place.
As pioneers of the Americana genre, Hurray For The Riff Raff's powerful storytelling and mesmerizing performances have earned them critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base worldwide. Experience the magic of their music and let yourself be swept away by their undeniable talent.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra, they/them) announces their new album, The Past Is Still Alive, due February 23, 2024 on Nonesuch Records. The record represents a new phase of beginning in Segarra’s lauded evolution as a storyteller. Created during a period filled with grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and the history of activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury, discovering a stronger, singular style of writing that felt like a long-awaited revelation. In each song, lyrics serve as memory boxes for Segarra to process their trauma, identity and dreams for the future. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, to illustrate the many shapes and patterns of time’s passing, and honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. Though the record was made in North Carolina and produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee), the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based Segarra brings listeners to places far beyond, evoking vivid experiences of small shops and buffalo stampedes in Santa Fe, childhood road trips and Florida storms, struggles of addiction in the Lower East Side, days-long journeys to outrun the cops in Nebraska, and more.

The followup to their acclaimed Nonesuch debut, Life on Earth—which landed on Best of 2022 lists from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Mojo, Uncut, among others—The Past Is Still Alive sees Hurray for the Riff Raff reunite with Brad Cook, while further expanding their creative cast of collaborators. Anjimile, Conor Oberst and S.G. Goodman all join Alynda Segarra on vocals at various points throughout the LP, with a band of musicians including Cook, Libby Rodenbough, Matt Douglas, Meg Duffy of Hand Habits, Phil Cook, Yan Westerlund and Mike Mogis, who also mixed the album.

The Past Is Still Alive

Music US

Discover The Past Is Still Alive by Hurray For The Riff Raff on Nonesuch Records. A new phase of storytelling from Alynda Segarra, exploring grief, identity, and dreams for the future. Vinyl records available.