Magnifique

Description

RATATAT, the duo of Evan Mast and Mike Stroud, release their fifth studio album Magnifique via Because. The 14-track album includes the recently released single Cream On Chrome, which the duo debuted during their closing, headline set at this years Coachella. In support of Magnifique, RATATAT have already hit the road running with sold-out underplay shows in April and confirmed festival appearances at Primavera Sound, Governors Ball, Capital Hill Block Party and HARD Summer. 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 (the country), upstate New York, Long Island, NY 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 1940s 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).