One crappy cellphone picture of RIKA supporting Francis International Airport, 14 May 2013, WUK Vienna

While this looks like a screenshot from a dreamy 80s synthpop music video, it is actually a photo of 3/4 of Rika (and 1/2 of Sweet Sweet Moon in the background).

Seriously, you guys, Rika are one of those very few bands that you can go see over and over again and their songs become better and more magical with every listen.

Rika - Mute

Go see Rika live if you get a chance, not only because their songs sound even more enchanting in concert, but also for their charming-because-wobbly jokes.

Rika - Restless, from the very, very beautifully titled How To Draw A River, Step By Step, out on 15 February on Goddamn Records / Count Your Lucky Stars

Listen to this. Do it. Then download Port Dover for free from diffuser.fm.

Rika - Restless, from How To Draw A River, Step By Step, out on 15 February, 2013

Someone put this song in a sad movie scene ASAP. I think this album will be the nicest belated birthday present I am going to give to myself when it finally comes out.

Rika - Port Dover

With the help of one fifth of Francis International Airport and a string section also known as Sweet Sweet Moon, Port Dover is the first appetizer of the new Rika album, which we’re dying to hear ever since various reliable sources have hinted at its greatness.

But even if we didn’t have this information, this song would have made us hungry for more all by itself. It is, after all, called Port Dover and our love for all things boats and water is endless. Much like the song gets more bombastic (not in a Shaggy way) towards the end, it also gets better with every listen.

For all these years, you’ve got no postcards on refrigerator doors and on shelves, safely locked away from yourself