Ratboys have remained fairly mum since the release of 2023’s utterly beguiling The Window . Now, the Chicago outfit are making up for lost time with a slew of updates around new music, a new label deal, and a massive tour for spring 2026.

Having recently signed with New West Records, Ratboys have wasted little time by unveiling “Light Night Mountains All That,” their first new single in some two years. Co-produced by Chris Walla (who also plays piano on the track), the single is “driven by an unorthodox time structure, exhilarating instrumentation, and the flare of extraterrestrial guitar bloops,” according to a press release.

In a statement, singer/guitarist Julia Steiner said she was initially inspired to pen an “ultra-high energy folk song, in the style of The Dodosʼ Visiter ,

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