| Rays / Rays |
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| Album: | Rays | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Rays | Added: | Mar 2017 | |
| Label: | Trouble In Mind Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2017-10-28 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 29 | Oct 8 | Sep 24 | Sep 3 | Aug 27 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 30, 2021: | Magnetized Toner (rebroadcast from Jul 22, 2021) Theatre Of Lunacy | 4. | Dec 27, 2017: | The Fuzz Deli Dead Man's Curve | |
| 2. | Jul 22, 2021: | Magnetized Toner (rebroadcast from Oct 24, 2017) Theatre Of Lunacy | 5. | Oct 28, 2017: | Homeroom Dead Man's Curve | |
| 3. | Jan 16, 2018: | Magnetized Toner: Best of 2017 (Part 3) Made Of Shadows | 6. | Oct 24, 2017: | Magnetized Toner Theatre Of Lunacy |
| Album Review |
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| Telepathic Juan Reviewed 2017-08-26 | ||
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Oakland-based Rays’ self-titled debut album produced by Kelley Stoltz is a bouncy and vital exercise in 21st century post-punk revivalism filled with personality, ingenious riffs, and clever lyrical observations. From the press release: On RAYS’ debut album the band spins eleven tunes of wiry, urgent post-punk, one foot planted firmly in the nihilistic apathy of 70 & 80’s punk (Wire, Electric Eels, Pere Ubu, Eno, Television The Fall), Australian punk past & present (UV Race, Terry, Victims, Babeez), and the addictive strum of 80’s & 90’s New Zealand/Flying Nun pop speaking to the absurdities of everyday life, but with a wry smile. RIYL: Erasers, Parquet Courts, Television Personalities, Omni, and The World. FCC CLEAN! Recommended Tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 1. (3:07) **Attic – Medium-up tempo lo-fi rock a la early Flying Nun records. Rhythmic. Female vocals. 2. (3:30) Dead Man's Curve – Part power pop, part art punk a la Ork Records. Nice guitars. Dude singing. 3. (2:23) *Lost In A Cage – Another art pop absurdist exercise. Killer guitars. Female vocals. 4. (1:54) **Back Downtown – Keep the 21st century post-punk revivalism alive! Solid. 5. (1:52) Gambler – The true sequel to the previous song. Medium-up tempo. CBGBs forever. 6. (2:44) **Drop Dead – Adventurous upbeat recording with layers of rhythmic guitars, more guitars, other amp-generated noises, and solid no wave vocals. Television meets Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers. 7. (2:32) Pain And Sorrow – 21st century post-punk revivalism ballad. Wire would be proud. 8. (2:09) ***Theatre Of Lunacy – Absurdist art pop medium-up tempo piece. Brief and memorable. 9. (1:32) ***Made Of Shadows – The gem of the record. Upbeat, stylish, and just perfect. 10. (1:52) *Model Or You – This could be the B-side of the previous song. More Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers adulation here. 11. (2:40) Over And Over – The other 21st century post-punk revivalism ballad on the album. I love Wire too. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Attic | 6. | Drop Dead | |||
| 2. | Dead Man's Curve | 7. | Pain And Sorrow | |||
| 3. | Lost In A Cage | 8. | Theatre Of Lunacy | |||
| 4. | Back Downtown | 9. | Made Of Shadows | |||
| 5. | Gambler | 10. | Model Or You | |||
| 11. | Over And Over | |||||