Rating: NNN
Regina six-piece Rah Rah come awfully close to being another Arcade Fire copycat band. Most of the songs on their debut album, Going Steady, are urgent with staccato guitars, marching drums, surging violin crescendos and collective shouting by the male and female band members.
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They save themselves from crossing the line with the breezy, folky My Guarantee and Duet For Emmylou And The Grievous Angel, an unrushed tune about how being single is fashionable in big cities but not in small towns. The lyrics, in fact, are where Rah Rah really come into their own Going Steady’s a realistic, vivid lament on the frustrations of young love.
Top track: My Guarantee
Rah Rah play the NXPO Day Stage and Rancho Relaxo today (Thursday, June 18) and the El Mocambo Sunday (June 21) as part of NXNE.