Rainbow Kitten Surprise tickets

Rainbow Kitten Surprise and all five of its members hail from the mountains of Boone, North Carolina. With chilling harmonies, dynamic instrumentation, and introspective lyrics, their genre-defying sound will keep you humming their tunes all day long. The band takes influence from great artists like Modest Mouse and Kings of Leon, as much as Frank Ocean and Schoolboy Q. Their highly unusual band name is credited to a roommate of RKS. The members asked him to name the band as he was leaving the hospital, and, still under the influence of morphine, he named the band Rainbow Kitten Surprise.

RKS was formed in early 2013 when the first two members, Ela Melo and Darrick “Bozzy” Keller, decided to begin writing and composing music together. What started out as just two college students with acoustic guitars would soon turn into a full band with a unique sound and style.

After recording RKS’s first EP “Mary” in an old dorm room on the campus of Appalachian State University, the duo decided to take it up a notch by adding more members and instruments to the band. Over the next year the group widely expanded in size and sound by adding three more members: Ethan Goodpaster (Electric Guitar), Jess Haney (Drums), and Charlie Holt (Bass). In that year, RKS independently released their first album “Seven”, which was later re-released in combination with the band’s first EP as a joint album titled “Seven + Mary”. The title song, “Seven” has been featured in many places on the web including the very popular podcast by IGN, Podcast Beyond! The song “Devil Like Me” and its music video earned the band a spot in VH1’s “Make A Band Famous” contest, where they made it to the final 24 out of thousands of artists from across the US.

In 2015 the group released the full-length album titled “RKS” and performed at clubs and festivals over the next three years.

Independently, they have over 75 million streams across digital platforms and notched over 45 sold out shows on their first U.S. headline tour. Elektra Records took note and signed RKS in 2018. The band worked with GRAMMY award-winning producer Jay Joyce (Cage The Elephant, Sleeper Agent) on their Elektra debut, How to: Friend, Love, Freefall. The album is being supported by a tour of the same name, with shows throughout the US and Canada.

The group’s main interest is producing a quality, unique, and fresh sound for all music lovers to listen to and enjoy.