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In 1999, singer/songwriter
Joseph Arthur opened a gig headlined by
Three Fish, a side project of
Pearl Jam's
Jeff Ament and
Richard Stuverud of
the Fastbacks. The trio hit it off, but it would take a decade for them to collaborate. In 2010, they reunited in Seattle, where
Ament invited
Arthur to his Montana studio. Two years later, in April 2012, the group dubbed
RNDM recorded an album in four days.
Acts was released in October that year. It featured a familiar '90s alt-rock sound, laying
Arthur's gravelly voice over
Ament and
Stuverud's rollicking bass and drums. Four years later, the band returned with a sophomore effort. Updating their sound with slinky rhythms and dance beats,
RNDM debuted their new sonic direction on first single "NYC Freaks."
Ghost Riding was released a month later in March 2016. ~ Neil Z. Yeung