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Ringtail handled their debut show like the pros they are. They brought their sonic excursions to The Midway for the Stars Like Ours single release show.
Here are four things The Rationales had me thinking about after their recent set at Cuisine en Locale:
* Shocking!
I’m at The Rosebud on a frigid winter night. The bands may be crammed into the corner of the bar area and the lighting may be non-existent, but I’m happy because The Rationales sound really good.
I love seeing The Rationales around the holidays. These guys get it. They brought good music and good vibes to the Q Division/Concerted Efforts/Moontower Holiday Party.
The Rationales write the songs that make the whole club sing. That club was TT’s for the On the Town with Mikey Dee 25th Anniversary show. I’ve got the warm fuzzies.
The Rationales are top notch. Top notch, I tell ya!
The Rationales
Dream Of Fire
2014
Have I ever mentioned how much I like The Rationales? I think I have. Their latest, Dream Of Fire, is pretty fantastic. The EP opens with live favorites “Drunk All The Time” and “Radio,” a single they released back in 2012. It’s a formidable and familiar one-two punch of hooks and vitality. “This Morning” shakes up its Buffalo Tom-like vibe with fiery, spaced-out guitar solos. “Last Words” buries the dagger with the line “She won’t remember the last thing you said if you’re there.” Man. These songs are reeeeeaaaally good. The whole thing wraps up with “Let It Go.” Here’s a band so gifted in the ways of verse/bridge/chorus blowing it all up with magnificent results.
Like I said, I like The Rationales.
Where to get it:
The Rationales always have a way of putting a smile on my face. At OldJack’s Holiday Homage, the band covered “Do They Know It’s Christmas” to close their set, changed up the words to one of their own tunes to make it a holiday number and released a new five song EP. See what I mean?
What a great night of music this has been. It’s the Walter Sickert And The Army Of Broken Toys album release show. We’ve already had killer sets by Ruby Rose Fox and The Field Effect. Now, The Rationales are closing with their song “Let It Go.” So good. So, so good.
This was the first Boston area show for The Rationales with Chad Raleigh on guitar. Based on the string of rippin’ guitar lines he unleashed at Radio, I think things are going to work out just fine.
