Hurray for the Riff Riff Releases Cherry Eco-Mix Vinyl Edition of 'The Past Is Still Alive'

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Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) has released a cherry-colored, carbon-neutral Eco-Mix vinyl edition of their acclaimed 2024 album The Past Is Still Alive, made from 100% recycled vinyl. "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues," exclaims NPR Music. "Career-defining."

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Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) has released a cherry-colored, carbon-neutral Eco-Mix vinyl edition of their acclaimed 2024 album The Past Is Still Alive, made from 100% recycled vinyl. You can get it here.

Segarra created The Past Is Still Alive during a period of personal grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, and to honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues," exclaims NPR Music. "Career-defining." Rolling Stone says: "Segarra has honed their craft into a cohesive, astonishingly realized singer-songwriter record ... the best batch of songs Segarra's ever written." Paste calls it "a celebratory measure of love, sanctuary, and defiance ... In their hands, the trauma of the present day is a prelude to the possibilities of a better tomorrow."

Hurray for the Riff Raff performs at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown, California, on November 14 as part of Orville Peck's Rodeo and at Wilco's Sky Blue Sky in Riviera Maya, Mexico, in January.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff: 'The Past Is Still Alive' [cherry Eco-Mix vinyl]
  • Friday, November 7, 2025
    Hurray for the Riff Riff Releases Cherry Eco-Mix Vinyl Edition of 'The Past Is Still Alive'

    Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra) has released a cherry-colored, carbon-neutral Eco-Mix vinyl edition of their acclaimed 2024 album The Past Is Still Alive, made from 100% recycled vinyl. You can get it here.

    Segarra created The Past Is Still Alive during a period of personal grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, and to honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues," exclaims NPR Music. "Career-defining." Rolling Stone says: "Segarra has honed their craft into a cohesive, astonishingly realized singer-songwriter record ... the best batch of songs Segarra's ever written." Paste calls it "a celebratory measure of love, sanctuary, and defiance ... In their hands, the trauma of the present day is a prelude to the possibilities of a better tomorrow."

    Hurray for the Riff Raff performs at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown, California, on November 14 as part of Orville Peck's Rodeo and at Wilco's Sky Blue Sky in Riviera Maya, Mexico, in January.

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