


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

Their highly unusual band name is credited to a roommate of RKS.

The band takes influence from great artists like Modest Mouse and Kings of Leon, as much as Frank Ocean and Schoolboy Q. With chilling harmonies, dynamic instrumentation, and introspective lyrics, their genre-defying sound will keep you humming their tunes all day long. IHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.Rainbow Kitten Surprise and all five of its members hail from the mountains of Boone, North Carolina. To hear all of season 3 early, ad-free, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. Season one, The Drug Wars, tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover with a biker gang, and follows a trail of clues that eventually leads to the US invasion of a foreign country.ĭeep Cover drops on Mondays. Season two, Mob Land, is about a high-rolling lawyer who joins forces with the feds to try to bring down one of the most powerful criminal syndicates in the country. Seven years later, their stories collided when a small town detective got a tip and became convinced that if he could solve one mystery, he'd solve the other. Season three, Never Seen Again, tells the story of two women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing in the summer of 1999. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals webs of deception and dark underworlds, through interviews with federal agents and convicted criminals. Deep Cover is a show about people who lead double lives.
