Rain City Drive | Texas Review | Ralph Arvesen
Rain City Drive performing during the Jackpot Juicer US Tour at the ACL Live Moody Theater in Austin, Texas on September 5, 2023, with Colin Vieira, Weston Richmond, Felipe Sanchez, Zachary Baker, and Matt McAndrew. (Photo: Ralph Arvesen)

The need and desire to evolve has an undeniable gravitational pull, especially within music, and with each new era a new sense of renewed purpose and definition is born.

Rain City Drive are embracing their next chapter with a powerful combination of authenticity and fervor, true to themselves, their fans and the legacy they now want to create for the next generation of the band. Singer Matt McAndrew (NBC’s The Voice) adds a refreshing pop-melodic swagger to the heavy riffs and songs.

The band has amassed over 100M streams in the US, 150M streams worldwide and nearly 600K monthly listeners on Spotify. The band took 2022 by storm, releasing their self-titled album, that have garnered recognition from having a number of songs in rotation on SiriusXM Octane including their single "Cutting It Close" landing #5 on Sirius Octane’s Big Uns along with many playlist placements including New Noise, All New Rock, The Core, Hard Rock, Pop Punk’s Not Dead, The Pit, Volume Maximo and more.

Rain City Drive has had extensive touring experience, just coming off as support for Our Last Night’sThe Welcome Back Tourand a UK run with Dance Gavin Dance and Eidola. The band has also played alongside acts such as Royal Coda, Set It Off, Oxymorrons, Memphis May Fire and From Ashes To New. RCD has no intention of slowing down as they make their way through 2023 with the release of Rain City Drive (Deluxe) and are set to play upcoming festivals, Louder Than Life, Aftershock and Welcome To Rockville.

Setlist for the show at the ACL Live Moody Theater
  • Blood Runs Cold
  • Prayers
  • Cutting It Close
  • Frozen
  • Waiting on You
  • Heavier
  • Like I Do
  • Talk to a Friend

Rain City Drive shared the stage with Dance Gavin Dance, SiM, and Within Destruction at the ACL Live Moody Theater. They continue across the United States with the last stop at the Aftershock 2023 in Sacramento, California on October 5, 2023.

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