The Ruby Suns

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Name = The Ruby Suns (Ryan McPhun & The Ruby Suns)

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Origin = New Zealand
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Genre = Indie pop
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Years_active = 2003 - present
Label = Lil' Chief Records Memphis Industries Subpop
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URL = [http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/therubysuns The Ruby Suns]
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The Ruby Suns are an indie/pop group from New Zealand. They formed in 2004 when Californian Ryan McPhun moved to Auckland and started playing in several bands such as The Brunettes and The Tokey Tones.

Originally known as Ryan McPhun & the Ruby Suns, they reverted to the latter some time in 2006.

The Ruby Suns are signed to Lil' Chief Records in New Zealand and Memphis Industries in Britain.

In early 2007 the band embarked on their first European tour in support of their self-titled debut album.

In the latter half of 2007 the band toured with The Shins extensively throughout Australia.

As of 2007, The Ruby Suns are signed to American record label Sub Pop who are also home to bands such as The Shins and The Postal Service. The band released their second album, Sea Lion, in January 2008.

In 2008 The Ruby Suns contributed the song "Don't Touch the Dusty Fruit" to the Survival International charity album, "Songs for Survival".

In 2008, The Ruby Suns had their song Oh, Mojave play in the Windows Vista commercial for the [http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/html/?fbid=B4fqpD Mojave Experiment] .

Discography

External links

* [http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/rubysuns.html The Ruby Suns' page at Lil' Chief Records website]
* The Ruby Suns' [http://www.myspace.com/therubysuns MySpace artist page]
* Interview with Ryan McPhun of Ruby Suns [http://www.wirelessbollinger.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=240&Itemid=34]