We Ragazzi Ready New LP for Suicide Squeeze, Tour
You say regahzy, I say regazzy

O slithery, sinewy no-wave organ-punk; O soulfully sexalicious channelers of Arthur Lee and Love, we shower thee with purple adjectives! Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago mod-punks We Ragazzi nearly joined the ranks of bum fuses that burned out before the detonation when they broke up during their first major tour several years ago, but happily: They reunited and resumed howling like Ginsberg. Unfortunately: they lost the Farfisa organ. Happily again: They replaced it with electric piano and analog synths, and released their sophomore album, the AcHe, on Self-Starter Foundation, and it buzzed electric needles up and down spines like a packet of Mini-Thins.

On May 18th, We Ragazzi released a brand new platter of "oh no they di'int!" on Suicide Squeeze, joined by original drummer Alianna Kalaba. Suicide Squeeze's official website pegs Wolves with Pretty Lips as "dirty garage punk, dancing disco-clash, and sexy modern drone made possible by eerie organ steps, grooving and rolling drums, and the blaring ring of guitar." Pretty little wolves and butterflies stalk the periphery; throw your panties in the air and swoon. When I say "track," you say "list:"

01 Walking Before All Shadows
02 Pretty Little Job
03 Making You Queens Tonight
04 Soft Screams
05 When Young Lovers Have No Place to Go
06 Bels
07 Destination
08 Let's Be Wolves and Leave
09 I'm Gonna Be Fine
10 I Want Butterflies (All the Time)
11 Pretty Little Grave

Additionally, We Ragazzi will tour behind the new album throughout May and June, alongside The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle's increasingly orchestrated, churning bedroom folk), Detachment Kit (righteous Frenchkiss band who've shed their post-hardcore trappings in favor of hip-hop inflected anthem rock), and Minus the Bear (momma said if you can't say anything nice...). Now see here:

05-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Brickyard
05-21 Anacortes, WA - Department of Safety *
05-22 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern *
05-23 Olympia, WA - The Clipper *
05-24 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
05-26 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
05-27 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
05-29 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
05-30 Long Beach, CA - Koo's
05-31 Tucson, AZ - Plush
06-01 El Paso, TX - Moontime Pizza
06-03 Denton, TX - Hailey's
06-07 Newport, KY - Southgate House
06-08 Cleveland, OH - The Grog Shop
06-09 Toronto, Ontario - Rivoli
06-10 Montreal, Quebec - Casa Del Popolo
06-11 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East (w/Detachment Kit)
06-13 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber

* with The Mountain Goats

Suicide Squeeze: http://www.suicidesqueeze.net