Acclaimed Nashville-based quintet Rainbow Kitten Surprise, who will be playing a hometown show at Municipal Auditorium on December 10th. The genre-defying, live sensations are hitting the road again, following an entirely sold-out North American headline tour earlier this year – which included a triumphant two-night return to Morrison CO’s Red Rocks + headlining slots at Shaky Knees in Atlanta and Bottle Rock in Napa.
Listen to recent standout single “Work Out” HERE
Watch the music video (directed by Joey Brodnax) HERE
Rainbow Kitten Surprise is: Ela Melo (she/her; lead vocals), Darrick “Bozzy” Keller (he/him; guitar, vocals), Ethan Goodpaster (he/him; lead guitar, vocals), Charlie Holt (they/them; bass, vocals), Jess Haney (he/him; drums).
ABOUT RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE:
As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don’t exist, Rainbow Kitten Surprise finds harmony in unpredictability – weaving together lyrical poetry, hummable melodies, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. Now boasting over 1 billion global streams across platforms, the band first began building their devoted fanbase with independent albums SEVEN + MARY (2013) and RKS (2015). The band’s breakout full-length debut for Elektra, HOW TO: FRIEND, LOVE, FREEFALL, arrived in 2018. Produced by GRAMMY® Award-winner Jay Joyce (Cage The Elephant, Sleeper Agent), the album featured RIAA-certified Gold single “It’s Called: Freefall,” earned widespread praise from Billboard, TIME, Vice, and NPR who described their sound as “…a mix of jam and indie and whatever else you can throw into the soup…very earnest, beautiful, political, loving rock n’ roll,” and saw the band make several national television appearances, including performances on “CBS Saturday Morning,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and PBS’s “Austin City Limits.” After gracing the bills of Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Osheaga, to name a few, RKS moved 80,000 tickets of their own on their sold-out Friend, Love, Freefall Tour, earmarked by a packed night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and three consecutive gigs in Athens, GA – as chronicled on their first official live album, LIVE FROM ATHENS GEORGIA, released in 2021. Most recently, two longtime fan-favorite tracks began to take off organically on TikTok, with “It’s Called: Freefall” and “Cocaine Jesus” experiencing massive upticks after user-created content on the platform went viral – resulting in over 11 million *weekly* streams for the band. The songs now boast 108 and 94 million streams, respectively.
BAND WEBSITES
https://www.rksband.com
https://www.facebook.com/RainbowKittenSurprise/
https://www.instagram.com/RKSBandOfficial/
https://www.youtube.com/rainbowkittensurprise
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4hz8tIajF2INpgM0qzPJz2
VENUE
NASHVILLE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
https://www.nashvilleauditorium.com
https://www.nashvilleauditorium.com
https://www.instagram.com/nmauditorium/#
https://www.youtube.com/user/nmamkting