On NovemYamagata released her newest EP called Heavyweight. Her third studio album Chesapeake was released through Frankenfish Records in October 2011. Yamagata digitally released a new album in the fall of 2011 through Pledgemusic. In April 2009, Yamagata performed her song Elephants on the television drama One Life to Live. That month, her two-song live acoustic video performance appeared on LiveDaily Sessions and featured the songs Faster and Sunday Afternoon. Billboard characterized the album as much darker and sadder in tone than its predecessor. Her second full-length album Elephants.Teeth Sinking Into Heart was released in October 2008. In May 2008, Yamagata released a three-song EP, Loose Ends. Yamagata toured with Mandy Moore and contributed a song to Moore's 2007 album, Wild Hope. The album was produced by John Alagia at Compass Point Studios. Her first full-length album, Happenstance, followed in June 2004. In September 2002, she obtained a two-record deal with Arista's Private Music and her self-titled EP produced by Malcolm Burn, Rachael Yamagata EP was released in October. Yamagata became the vocalist for the Chicago group Bumpus and spent six years touring, writing and recording with the band before leaving in 2001 to begin a solo career. Yamagata graduated from the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland and attended Northwestern University and Vassar College. Her songs have appeared on numerous television shows and she has collaborated with Jason Mraz, Rhett Miller, Bright Eyes, Ryan Adams, Toots and the Maytals and Ray Lamontagne. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing four EP's and three studio albums. Rachael Yamagata (born September 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia.
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