Los Angeles brothers Mating Ritual make delicious pop that somehow manages to sit in the tricky realm of both commercial and v arty. With pop sensibilities and BIG punk energy comes one hell of a live show.
After writing, recording, and producing 5 albums in 5 years with his band Mating Ritual, Los Angeles-based Ryan Ritual needed a break from his band and life as he knew it. Exhausted and sick of the desert heat, Ryan relocated to London in 2022 and began work on his first solo album, this time enlisting the help of producer Chris Zane (Passion Pit, The Walkmen) at Strongroom Studios. The result is The Weight Of Love, an album that explores the emotional fallout of living entirely alone for the length of the pandemic. Sonically, Ryan pulled from his early '80s music fandom and Strongroom’s impressive history as a palette for his distinct, hook-driven songwriting.
Suede James is the alias of producer/songwriter Taylor Lawhon, also known as half of the indie pop duo Mating Ritual. Drawing from his teenage love of 2000-2010's French electro and house artists; Suede James creates heavy dance grooves beneath sweeping synth melodies and rhythmic chord structures.
