Toronto’s Born Ruffians and Warp Records are pleased to announce their second album, Say It, due out June 1st. If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album Red Yellow and Blue was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, Say It, would be the project they left school to finish — a declaration that they’re smart and ambitious enough to make it on their own, and furthermore, that they’re in it for the long haul.
Taking two weeks to record the album, the band finds itself teaming up again with producer Rusty Santos. The Ruffians and co. holed up at Mississauga’s Metalworks studio and loosed the reins on their ambitions, experimenting with Minimoogs and saxophones before eventually scaling much of it back in the mixing process.
The result is a very mature album, further amplifying the band’s unique voice and sound, ready to take them as far as they want to go.
Download “Little Garcon” from Red Yellow and Blue HERE.
Tour Dates
May 28: Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
June 03: Los Angeles, CA - Echo (All Ages)
June 04: San Francisco, CA, - Rickshaw Stop (All Ages)
June 06: Portland, OR- Holocene (21+)
June 07: Seattle, WA - The Vera Project (All Ages)
June 08: Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Hall
June 09: Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
June 11: Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
June 12: Calgary, AB - Republik,
June 13: Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's
June 14: Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Centre
June 15: Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club (21+)
June 16: Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (18+)
June 17: Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern (All Ages)
June 18: Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
June 19: New York, NY - Santos Partyhouse
June 20: Allston, MA, USA - Great Scott (18+)
June 23: Montreal, QC - Il Motore
June 24: Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
June 25: Peterborough, ON - Red Dog