Hurray for the Riff Raff announce forthcoming album, The Past Is Still Alive

The Past Is Still Alive follows Hurray for the Riff Raff’s 2022 album, Life on Earth, and was recorded with producer Brad Cook. The album features collaborations with the likes of Anjimile, Conor Oberst, and S.G. Goodman, as well as musicians Libby Rodenbough, Matt Douglas, Meg Duffy, Mike Mogis, Phil Cook, and Yan Westerlund.

The Past Is Still Alive was recorded the month after the death of Segarra's father, and they described “Alibi” as “a plea, a last ditch effort to get through to someone you already know you’re gonna lose.” They continued, “It’s a song to myself, to my Father, almost fooling myself because I know what’s done is done. But it feels good to beg. A reckoning with time and memory. The song is exhausted with loving someone so much it hurts.”

Tracklist:

1. Alibi
2. Buffalo
3. Hawkmoon
4. Colossus of Roads
5. Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive)
6. Vetiver
7. Hourglass
8. Dynamo
9. The World Is Dangerous
10. Ogallala
11. Kiko Forever