Rah Rah (band)

[2] By 2007 Joel Passmore (formerly of Despistado and Sylvie) had joined the band on bass along with Samra Sahlu on keyboards and Kristina Hedlund on violin.

[5] This second full-length album, Breaking Hearts, was eventually nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award, for Rock Recording of the Year.

That year the band released their third LP, The Poet's Dead, which marked the debut of Jeffrey Romanyk on drums.

[16] The band had toured with such notable acts as Wintersleep, The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk,[17] Yukon Blonde, Dear Rouge,[18] Plants and Animals, Said the Whale,[19] Two Hours Traffic,[1] Minus the Bear and The Elwins.

They had also performed at a number of festivals such as CMJ in New York City, NXNE and CMW in Toronto, SXSW in Austin, Texas,[20] Reperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany, Great Escape in Brighton, England, Halifax Pop Explosion, Pop Montreal, Supercrawl in Hamilton, Ontario, BreakoutWest, JunoFest and Sled Island in Calgary, Alberta.

The group was noted for their energetic live shows which often featured some combination of giant balloons, piñatas, robot cats, Pop Rocks candy,[21] and confetti.