Artist · chart history
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Band North Carolina Formed 2013
Rainbow Kitten Surprise formed in 2013 in North Carolina. Rainbow Kitten Surprise has 48 chart appearances on 38 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 2018–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Fever Pitch”, which appears on 19 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Rainbow Kitten Surprise most often is Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise came together in Boone, North Carolina, in 2013, a band with a name as offbeat as its music. Ela Melo sings lead, Darrick "Bozzy" Keller plays guitar and sings backup, Ethan Goodpaster plays electric guitar, and Jess Haney drums. Their influences run from Modest Mouse and Kings of Leon to Frank Ocean and Schoolboy Q, and you can hear that spread in their restless songs.
How to: Friend, Love, Freefall arrived in 2018, and "Fever Pitch" is its calling card: a nervy, clattering rush that builds and builds until it tips over. The band kept at it, and "Dang", from the 2025 album bones, shows them still twisting melodies into odd, lovely shapes.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Rainbow Kitten Surprise on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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