Ribbon Music

Luke RathborneDon’t Call Me Baby

Bio

In contrast to most of his peers, after high school graduation Luke Rathborne wasn’t packing up to head to college; he was on his way from his hometown in Brunswick, Maine to New York City, eager to start learning his life lessons there. A precocious talent, Rathborne had been making music since his early teens - playing in high school punk bands, and sneaking into the local college radio station at night to record his own music. By age 18, his hunger for a larger scene to immerse himself in was palpable.

Moving to New York at that age would be overwhelming for anyone, but despite the hurdles Luke faced - including having his apartment burn down shortly after moving to the city – Rathborne quickly carved out a space for himself, launching his own small label True Believer in order to self-release tracks (independently garnering over 9 million streams on Spotify), and booking his own shows across the city.

Early attention from press came – Noisey, Vogue, Nylon, Interview Magazine, and Billboard have all written about Luke, with SPIN describing the most recent release as “channeling the garage-rock sludge of Ty Segall and resurrecting the melodic charms of R.E.M.”