Beta Love

Beta Love is the third studio album of the Syracuse-based indie rock band Ra Ra Riot. It is the first album since the departure of founding member/cellist, Alexandra Lawn, who left the band in 2012. Band members have stated that the album is directly influenced by sci-fi author William Gibson and inventor-futurist Ray Kurzweil.[1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Pitchfork	(5.2/10)
Sputnikmusic	(2.3/5)[4]

Beta Love
Studio album by Ra Ra Riot
Released	January 22, 2013
Genre	Indie rock, indie pop, electronica, synth-pop
Length	30:15
Label	Barsuk
Producer	Dennis Herring
Ra Ra Riot chronology
The Orchard (2010) Beta Love (2013) Need Your Light (2016)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ra Ra Riot (Wes Miles, Mathieu Santos, Milo Bonacci, Rebecca Zeller).

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dance with Me"	2:24
2.	"Binary Mind"	3:13
3.	"Beta Love"	2:56
4.	"Is It Too Much"	2:40
5.	"For Once"	2:29
6.	"Angel, Please"	2:46
7.	"What I Do for U"	1:44
8.	"When I Dream"	3:06
9.	"That Much"	2:42
10.	"Wilderness"	3:09
11.	"I Shut Off"	3:10

Videos

• "Beta Love": Directed and Edited by David Dean Burkhart
• "Dance With Me": Directed by Christopher Mills
• "Binary Mind": Directed by Cole Hannan

Personnel

Ra Ra Riot

• Wes Miles - vocals, keyboards
• Mathieu Santos - bass
• Milo Bonacci - guitar, keyboards
• Rebecca Zeller - violin

Additional Personnel

• Will Cole - engineering
• Dennis Herring - mixing, production
• Drew Vandenberg - engineering, mixing
• Howie Weinberg - mastering engineer

References

1. Grow K. (Feb 7, 2013). "Five Ways William Gibson and Ray Kurzweil Influenced Ra Ra Riot's New Album". MTV Hive. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2. "Beta Love by Ra Ra Riot". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
3. Allmusic review
4. Rudy K. (Jan 24, 2013). "Album Review - Ra Ra Riot: Beta Love". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

External links

• Official website
• MySpace website
• Barsuk Records