RAINBOW ARABIA ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM + SHARE FIRST SINGLE | LA HEARTBREAK OUT 11/11
Time No Place/Kompakt
LA duo Rainbow Arabia announce their third studio album LA Heartbreak, due out November 11th on Time No Place/Kompakt. Along with todays announcement the duo share lead single “I’m Over You” stream below.
Arriving three years since their mesmerizing new age-tinted synth-pop offering FM Sushi, Rainbow Arabia’s third full-length album LA Heartbreak wades through familiar neon waters but even more deliberately – keeping the focus on what distinguishes them from the sea of electronic pop acts out there – Danny Preston’s adventurously exquisite arrangements, sturdy songcraft, and Tiffany Preston’s potent vocal delivery.
LA Heartbreak‘s dreamy, melodic machine pop takes cues from Tangerine Dream, OMD, Moroder, Jan Hammer – confidently painting with bolder strokes with leaner, brighter production and infectious hooks evoking 80s radio pop that skew more towards Madonna and Cyndi Lauper rather than darker post-punk influences referenced on Rainbow Arabia’s earlier albums.
Recorded at home in Los Angeles, LA Heartbreak was born out of tumultuous time for the duo with lyrical themes waxing on failing relationships, mortality, and change. In the 3 years since their last record, the couple have been co-running the left-field leaning electronic label Time No Place, while slowly piecing together songs for LP #3 inspired by the diverse selection of electronic and dance music scenes in LA they are engrained in. However, after many arduous months of recording, further exacerbating the fracture in their musical partnership and marriage, that album was scrapped. They opted to instead start new and record something more direct and honest.
The resulting 9 songs on LA Heartbreak benefit from the duo’s best instincts. By deciding to write and record the album quickly, a sense of immediacy shines within this vital collection of prismatic synth-pop.
Rainbow Arabia
LA Heartbreak
(Time No Place/Kompakt)
Release Date: November 11, 2016
LA Heartbreak Track Listing
1. Modern Contemporary
2. Followed
3. Plena
4. Top Hat
5. Acid Pool
6. Im Over You
7. Mixolydian
8. Computerized Romance
9. Juneau
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