Raia Was
Raia Was: Captain Obvious
National Sawdust
80 N 6th St
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Oct 11, 2023
7:00 PM EDT
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Accompanying the release of her new record Captain Obvious, Raia Was performs an intimate reimagining of the album as solo installation at National Sawdust. The songwriter, pianist, vocalist, and producer has become known for her darker take on art-pop, with ruminative lyricism that oscillates between brooding intensity and cathartic euphoria. She has performed since she was a teenager and her stagecraft reflects that practice as she meticulously plots her live shows and the unique sense of color and space that brings her music to life.
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Raia Was Biography
With her name nodding to the past, Raia Was is the project of an old soul. Raised by her mother in downtown Manhattan, she began performing as a teenager, holding a weekly residency at a piano bar on Avenue B and accumulating hundreds of hours of performance experience before beginning her professional career.
Having grown up in the scene, Raia Was is a mainstay within the NY indie community, recording and touring as a vocalist and keyboard player before stepping into her own solo project as a performer.
Often drawing comparisons to Mitski, Weyes Blood and James Blake, her debut LP Angel I’m Frightened earned her a feature in HBO’s Euphoria and music from her forthcoming album Captain Obvious has been already featured on MTV and NPR's All Songs Considered.
"Everyone who jumped on the Kate Bush bandwagon after 'Stranger Things' should get on board the Raia Was bus after 'What It Feels Like.'" - Riff Magazine
"Lustrous art-pop" - NYLON
“Dance music you can think about” - All Things Go
Read More"Everyone who jumped on the Kate Bush bandwagon after 'Stranger Things' should get on board the Raia Was bus after 'What It Feels Like.'" - Riff Magazine
"Lustrous art-pop" - NYLON
“Dance music you can think about” - All Things Go
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