or buy the 7" also featuring 'Name Your Lord' online here Bronzerat Shop or your favourite record shop.
BOOKING: info@bronzerat.com
PRESS UK: Triad Publicity
CONTACT: Vanessa Cotton - vanessa.cotton@triadpublicity.co.uk
PRESS GERMANY: Oktober Promotions
CONTACT: Olli Bergmann - olli@oktoberpromotions.com
RADIO GERMANY: Jan@brilljant-alternatives.de
PUBLICITY FRANCE: Berengere.rabier@orange.fr
The live show is:
Gemma Ray - Vocals and Guitar
Mal Bruk- Guitar & bv's
Tom Brown - Bass & bv's
Alex Louise Petty - Backing Vocals & Percussion
Nick Foot - Drums, Percussion & bv's
Influences
I have recently been digging the following: Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki, Andrzej Trzaskowski, Martin Denny, Krzysztof Komeda, Agnes Humbert, Watkins Copicat Echo Unit delay delay delay, premier travel inns, nylon strings, The Make Up, The Sound of Wonder Compilation - a sonic palette of perfection, writing
Trailer for the forthcoming British horror film 'Mum & Dad', starring Perry Benson. It's fucked. It's also the perfect marriage for Gemma Ray's first soundtrack. Check it out:
Some reviews for Lights Out Zoltar!
"Gemma Ray is untouchable" - NME
"An entrancing blend of artfulness and accessibility, Ray's guitar
twang and lustrous vocal deliver classic pop in sometimes spooky, but
always compelling, hallucinogenic soundscapes." - DAILY MIRROR
"Gemma Ray should be a household name... this album is a rare treat in deed." - John Doran BBC MUSIC
"Gemma Ray has poise and clarity...and a clue or two about constructing melodic mini epics." - MAIL ON SUNDAY
"A compelling piece of work" - DAILY EXPRESS
"Gemma Ray takes old musical forms, but unlike Duffy and Amy Winehouse she reinvents them in an innovative and refreshing style that ensures she will be around in 10 years time." - IRISH NEWS OF THE WORLD
MOJO live review, September 2009:
“If Pulp Fiction were remade to include a church scene, then London’s queen of all things noir Gemma Ray would provide the soundtrack and possibly a part as Uma Thurman’s best mate. As it is, tonight, Islington’s Union Chapel provides a righteous backdrop as she delivers a solo set of ‘50’s-soaked urban blues. Covers of Gallon Drunk’s Put a Bolt On The Door and Etta James’s I’d Rather Go Blind sit handsomely alongside new material like If You Want To Rock And Roll from her forthcoming album Lights Out Zoltar! and allow Ms Ray to make a whole host of new friends” - MOJO (Phil Alexander).
Some reviews for 'The Leader'...
"Disarming...swooning...with noir-ish hints of Lee Hazelwood’s unearthly country-rock... Ray sits midway between Nina Simone and Isobel Campbell and is the better for it.” – MOJO
“If Audrey from Twin Peaks were to make an album, this is what it would sound like.” – POP JUNKIE TV
“A persuasive exercise in Hitchcockian melodrama” – UNCUT
“This rising pop-noir star combines a languorous country voice with a raw blues edge, and more than a twinkle of 50’s glamour. The mainstream could well latch on to her easy melodies, not to mention an elaborate vintage mop that’s perfectly poised between Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen” – TIME OUT
"Few (girl singers) are as raw and honest, she weaves an entrancing tapestry of Soul and Blues, full of dark themes and late-night confessions all presented in a sultry seductive voice" - THE SUN
“A startlingly good album” – CLASH
“A compelling album packed with 50’s-inspired ballads and rumbling, country-rock gems” – DIVA
“A brilliantly brooding prospect. Like a grittier Loretta Lynn, she’s from the wrong side of the tracks. Uncouthly ace.” - NME
“Imagine Norah Jones on Amy Winehouse’s drugs” - Q
"(The Leader’s) classic pop genes are host to a bewildering range of foreign bodies, rising from minor key squalls to full girl-group majesty. You could do worse than imagine PJ Harvey in thrall to the Shangri-Las, but Ray has a clutch purse full of sundry to other party tricks, she has no problem producing straight, sparkling pop". - THE WORD
The Jim Jones Revue play a special XFM 14+ show at The Barfly in Camden this Monday. The show will be recorded and broadcast on John Kennedy's XFM Xposure radio show throughout November.
hey Gemma, what a great concert yesterday in Berlin, such a beautiful voice and nurturing song for the soul! hopefully see you back soon cheers, Andrea
hi gemma ,i did a gig with some friends of yours the other day "dan sartain" they were great your new songs sound ace! my new album "the penny arcade" is up on myspace have a listen if you so desire E.B X
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The award winning album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon.co.uk and many more.
