{"id":85523,"date":"2026-02-17T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=85523"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:32:56","slug":"ratboys-singin-to-an-empty-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/ratboys-singin-to-an-empty-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratboys &#8211; Singin\u2019 to an Empty Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"ratboys-fill-the-void-and-then-some-on-singin-to-an-empty-chair\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ratboys fill the void and then some on\u00a0Singin\u2019 to an Empty Chair<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On their sixth album,\u00a0Singin\u2019 to an Empty Chair,\u00a0Ratboys\u00a0take a title that suggests absence and turn it into something disarmingly full. What begins as a meditation on estrangement \u2014 vocalist Julia Steiner reaching across an emotional gap \u2014 quickly unfolds into one of the band\u2019s most vibrant, confident records to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1411310272\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=857081647\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/ratboys.bandcamp.com\/album\/singin-to-an-empty-chair\">Singin\u2019 to an Empty Chair by Ratboys<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Reuniting with producer\u00a0Chris Walla, the band tracked between a rural Wisconsin cabin and\u00a0Electrical Audio\u00a0in Chicago, and you can feel that balance of homespun intimacy and live-room punch. The songs breathe. They shimmer. They occasionally kick the door in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnywhere\u201d bursts with fizzy power-pop urgency, while \u201cPenny in the Lake\u201d leans into irresistible post-country twang. \u201cJust Want You to Know the Truth\u201d slows things down for a quietly devastating moment of clarity. And then there\u2019s \u201cLight Night Mountains All That,\u201d a sprawling \u201cwormhole jam\u201d that proves Ratboys are more than happy to get a little cosmic when the mood strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1411310272\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3439879682\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/ratboys.bandcamp.com\/album\/singin-to-an-empty-chair\">Singin\u2019 to an Empty Chair by Ratboys<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first record Steiner has written since beginning therapy, and that self-examination sharpens every lyric. The emotional weight is real, but so is the wit. The band sound locked-in, adventurous, and completely at ease with who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chair may be empty, but Ratboys are playing like the room is packed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lX5adLHQobY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube 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