LISTEN: Blind (Salva remix)
WATCH: Without You
STREAM the album via Kompakt.fm
Los Angeles duo Rainbow Arabia expands out to a trio for these upcoming string of live dates with drummer Butchy Fuego (Boredoms/Pit Er Pat) in tow. They will be debuting the new set this Friday on KEXP and with a string of west coast dates before heading off to Europe for the month of July in support of their excellent new album "Boys and Diamonds". Grab a new remix from rising LA beat producer Salva now via FACT Mag.
US DATES
6.24 - KEXP LIVE at 9:30am
6.24 Tropidelica @ Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver BC
6.25 Wildrose Pride @ The Wildrose, Seattle WA
6.28 CAMM Tuesdays @ Mesa, Costa Mesa CA
EUROPE DATES
7.2 - NL - Source Festival - Utrecht
7.4 - DE - Schocken - Stuttgart
7.5 - FR - Festival du Monde Autour - Dijon
7.6 - SP - Nocturama @ Contemporary Art Museum of Sevilla - Sevilla
7.9 - UK - 1, 2, 3, 4 Shoreditch Festival - London
7.10 - FR - Bêtes de Scène - Mulhouse
7.11 - AT - Poolbar festival - Feldkirch
7.12 - DE - Waschhaus (Ruby Tuesday Party) - Potsdam
7.14 - SE - Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred
7.16- PT - Manta Festival - Guimaraes
7.20 - FR - Petit Bain - Paris
7.21 - FR - Festival Plages de Rock - St Tropez
7.23 - RU - Picnic Afisha - Moscow
9.9 - DE - Berlin Festival - Berlin
9.11 - UK - Bestival - Isle of Wight
"One could trace Rainbow Arabia's multifarious aesthetic to several origins, whether dancehall, '80s synth-pop, African highlife, Arabic disco, or any number of other realms, depending on the song snippet in question. In any case, the band's first full-length, Boys and Diamonds, renders discussions of genre pretty pointless—more than anything, it's a pop album, and a solid one at that." -XLR8R Magazine
"Boys and Diamonds, refines the duo's Middle Eastern buzzdrone and rhythmic jaggedness to a sleeker, ethereal dub-pop lope with Siouxsie-in-an-echo-chamber vocals." -The Stranger
"The Prestons have a genuine talent at blurring the lines and crafting music that doesn’t feel beholden to any one scene. It’s music for musicologists to be sure, but Rainbow Arabia never forget what’s important about pop music: put a smile on listener’s faces and a wiggle in their step." -FACT Magazine
"Their debut album is simply otherworldly, a real joy" -Loud & Quiet
"The West African guitar licks of the title-track wrap around an immediately satisfying sliver of electro-pop, while single Without You is a synth-smeared new wave gem that might have been plucked whole from a John Hughes soundtrack circa 1986." -BBC Music
"Their first full-length album (following two EPs) finds them settling into a well-developed and highly personal sound that draws from any number of exotic musical cultures without depending too much on any one of them. -All Music Guide
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