Ryan Marshall Lawhon a.k.a. Mating Ritual
Mating Ritual is an independent pop duo based in Los Angeles, California. Previously known as Pacific Air, Ryan Marshall Lawhon founded Mating Ritual in 2014 when his brother Taylor decided to go back to school. Though initially a solo project, Mating Ritual became increasingly more collaborative leading up to his debut album, 2017’s How You Gonna Stop It?, released on Ryan’s own label, Smooth Jaws. Working heavily with other LA songwriters and artists, the brothers realized they missed creating music as a duo and immediately began work on Mating Ritual’s sophomore album, Light Myself On Fire.
After success with these releases in addition to release "October Lover” (Oct 2018) feature on Spotify’s New Music Friday, Mating Ritual wrote and produced their albums, Hot Content, The Bungalow and Songs for the Morning and Evening Times. The concept of Songs for the Morning and Evening Times (Mating Ritual’s 5th LP) is an album that's meant to be listened to in 2 complementary parts, Side A in the morning/day, and Side B in the evening/night. The duo has done a 21 city North American tour for their headline run of the Hot Content.
Mating Ritual's cover of The Bravery’s "An Honest Mistake” was the single on the Hulu series Looking For Alaska Soundtrack.
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