Ratboys have announced Singin’ to an Empty Chair (Deluxe), the album arrives on September 18 via New West Records, The deluxe version of the album features covers of select tracks by PUP, Ducks Ltd., Wild Pink, Bad Bad Hats, and Free Range. “We thought it’d be fun to cover one of our favorite songs and then to ask some of our closest friends and biggest inspirations in music to put their spin on some of our new songs,” says Julia Steiner. “It’s a total trip and such an honor to hear the album songs transformed into something new entirely, and we can’t say thank you enough to our pals for making it happen.”

Today, the band presents their cover of “Fix My Brain” by The Marked Men recorded during a SiriusXM Session. Steiner elaborates: “The guys, especially Marcus, were already long-time fans of The Marked Men (and of Jeff Burke’s other band Radioactivity), but when I first heard it more recently, ‘Fix My Brain’ was a total revelation to me. I hyper-fixated on the song in ways that are pretty rare for me these days: I would find excuses to steal away and listen to it on repeat, and, when we got home from tour, I immediately sat down with my acoustic guitar to learn the chord changes.”

When it came time to choose a cover to perform for our SiriusXM live session earlier this year, it was a no brainer (ha) to finally give this one a go, and it still feels so fun to play it and so hopeful to sing the lyrics about having the guts to admit your mistakes and do better. That sincerity is so badass, and so catchy, and it jives perfectly with what we try to achieve in our own songs.”

Ratboys are currently on a run of European tour dates, including a sold-out London show and an appearance at End of the Road Festival. Later this month, they’ll visit cities they haven’t played in support of Singin’ to an Empty Chair. They’ll finish off the year with their biggest headlining hometown show to date on December 19th at the Salt Shed in Chicago.

Ratboys
Singin’ to an Empty Chair (Deluxe)
Tracklist
New West Records

1. Open Up
2. Know You Then
3. Light Night Mountains All That
4. Anywhere
5. Penny in the Lake
6. Strange Love
7. The World, So Madly
8. Just Want You to Know the Truth
9. What’s Right?
10. Burn It Down
11. At Peace in the Hundred Acre Wood
12. Fix My Brain (SiriusXM Session)
13. Know You Then (PUP)
14. Light Night Mountains All That (Ducks Ltd.)
15. Anywhere (Bad Bad Hats)
16. Strange Love (Wild Pink)
17. What’s Right? (Free Range)

Ratboys 2026 Tour Dates

Wed. Sept. 9 – Brighton, UK @ Patterns
Fri. Sept. 11 – Asten, NL @ Misty Fields
Sat. Sept. 12 – Leffinge, BE @ Leffingeleuren Festival
Fri. Sept. 18 – Cincinnati, OH @ Fountain Square
Sun. Sept. 20 – Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Music Festival
Fri. Sept. 25 – Nashville, TN @ WNXP Summer Line Series
Sat. Sept. 26 – Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Fest
Sun. Sept. 27 – Ferndale, MI @ DIY Street Fair
Thu. Oct. 8 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre – Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine
Wed. Oct. 14 – Lexington, KY @ The Burl *
Thu. Oct. 15 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird *
Fri. Oct. 16 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note *
Sat. Oct. 17 – Little Rock, AR @ Harvestfest
Sun. Oct. 18 – Birmingham, AL @ Lakeview Marina *
Tue. Oct. 20 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club *
Wed. Oct. 21 – Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre *
Thu. Oct. 22 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Parlour at The Signal *
Sun. Nov. 22 – Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital
Sat. Dec. 19 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed

*=w/ Smidley

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