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Hometown	Revere, MA
Genres	Rock, Alt. Rock
Band Members	David Mirabella ; Mike Mirabella; Pete Zeigler; Matt ... » more
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Manager David Mirabella therationales@gmail.com 978-766-5082
# Years Experience Performing Live:	5
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	20
Market Draw:	Boston: 51-75; NYC: 31-50
Venue History:	Regent Theater - Arlington, MA T.T. The Bear's - Cambridge, MA The Lizard Lounge - Cambridge, MA Northeastern University - Boston, MA Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA Fitchburg State Univ. - Fitchburg, MA ARLENE'S GROCERY - NEW YORK, NY National Underground - New York , NY Great Scott - Allston, MA Topsfield Fair - Topsfield, MA Church - Boston, MA
Opener Experience:	Jeff Tweedy, Bill Janovitz, Explorers Club, Will Dailey, The Wooden Sky, The Handsome Family, The Rudds
Similar Artists:	Wilco, Nada Surf, Cracker, Weakerthans
Performing Rights Society:	BMI
Discography:	Radio Single—2012; The Distance in Between LP—2011; The Going and the Gone EP—2008

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The Rationales are a five-piece band from Boston. Mixing power-pop with alternative, teeming with hooks and harmonies, and layering their sound with hints of Americana and indie rock, The Rationales 2011 full length (fan funded) release "The Distance In...

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Top 40 in Indie Rock , June 2012

Top 40 in Indie Rock , May 2012

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Ryan's Smashing Life by Ryan Spaulding
Swirling pop, empathetic vocals in front of strong Americana-influenced rock; that's the creative footprint on this new record. And then there's the songwriting! Who hasn't lived out a heartache or asked questions of a starry sky? Behind these thoughts; building bass, guitar and drums drive us home... The Distance In Between is the new creative flag in the sand for Boston songwriter David Mirabella and his band, The Rationales. Listening to the record this morning, once again - in anticipation of their near capacity album release tonight at the Lizard Lounge, I realize this is one of the best songwriting outfits in New England music today. The Rationales’ previous release, the EP “The Going and the Gone,” was described by the Boston Globe as one of the finest local releases of the year in 2009. Mirabella has a way with words - carefully crafting the language of his soul. The album notably contains a special appearance by Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz - singing on "Another Moon." This new effort, from start to finish is one that belongs in your record collection. Highly Recommended.

Boston Globe Review 2011 by Jonathan Perry
A couple of lineup shifts haven’t shaken the Rationales’ approach in crafting what they’ve come to do so well: finely wrought, lushly layered pop that sounds effortless in its execution. On the band’s breezy yet burnished full-length follow-up to ’08’s “The Going and the Gone’’ EP, singer-guitarist David Mirabella drives the quintet — which now includes brother Mike (Scamper) on drums, Sean Black (the Eines) on bass, new addition Pete Zeigler (Hey Now, Morris Fader) on guitar, and founding keyboardist Matt Goldfield — through 10 tracks that tackle what the title promises. Winning tracks like “Tongue Tied’’ and “Burned Again’’ explore the emotional as well as physical spaces that mark the distance between getting from here to there (whatever your emotional “there’’ may be), while others (“Another Moon,’’ featuring Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz on backing vocals) take stock of the places you end up. “Real Life,’’ which opens the album on a strong note, examines both sides of the equation with a power pop flair fringed with alt-country detail.

The Big Takeover Issue 69 by Jack Rabid
Sweaty, working class, well-rehearsed indie rock is as old as the’80s, but its uncanny how the old dog snaps to attention whenever thrown a good bone. The David Mirabella-fronted Rationales are as Boston as Fenway Park, as classic-sounding as a Friday at the Rat, and as reliable as a hot mug-a-chowdah. On The Distance, one perceives a species of big sounding Beantown past, pieces of Big Dipper, Dumptruck, early Del Fuegos, Dogmatics, Lemonheads, Lyres, early Neighborhoods, ’90s Dinosaur Jr., and especially Buffalo Tom’s (whose leader Bill Janovitz cameos on backing vocals) mix of R.E.M. roots with heftier guitars. Like the Jayhawks and Windbreakers, the group uses heavy and light guitars simultaneously with busy piano and a tight, non-flashy, supple rhythm section, playing strapping verse/chorus/verse/bridge structures. Not everything has to be novel; it just has to be good.

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