UK PRESS - Chris Stone: stone@stoneimmaculate.co.uk
INTERNATIONAL PRESS - Ian Pither: info@everyoneweknow.co.uk
RADIO - Tim Hall: tim.hall@piasuk.com
BOOKINGS - The Rayographs: astrudrayograph@googlemail.com
"Invoking the restless blues spirit of proto-riot grrrl heroines in the mould of Patti Smith as well as the dreamy tremblings of The Breeders, (The Rayographs) provide demure elegance in a sea of grubby punks, with pummelling rhythms strewn with forlorn, waiflike voices and surging progressive chords."
- NME
"'Hidden Doors' is a simmering blues tattoo enunciated like a hex and sharing not a little in common with Nick Cave's 'Tupelo.'"
- The Stool Pigeon
"‘Hidden Doors’ prowls along with a dark beating heart, with all three girls in the band performing their socks off as if guided by ghosts."
- Artrocker
Influences
Patti Smith, Television, Pixies, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Shellac, The Carrie Nations, The Breeders, ESG, Delia Derbyshire, Francesca Woodman, David Lynch, The Velvet Underground, Valerie and her Week Of Wonders, Michael Danna, Danny Elfman, Angelo Badalamenti, Loop, Pere Ubu, Nina Simone, Grinderman, William Blake, Thee Headcoatees, Nick Nicely, The Stooges, The Gossip, Wet Dog, Mogwai, Julian Cope, Raymond Carver, Nought, Electrelane, The Wave Pictures, Nick Cave, Mz Sojourn, Diamanda Galas, Cat Power esp Dear Sir, Voice of The Seven Woods, The Laughing Windows, Congregation, Billy Wobbledagger and His Two Noble Kinsmen, Love, Bauhaus, Liars, The Fall, Neil's Children, Oxes, Kim Gordon, The Monks, The Buzzcocks, David Bowie, Kathleen Hanna, Black Sabbath, Jefferson Airplane, PJ Harvey, Leadbelly, Devendra Banhart, Make-Up, Celebration, Jacques Brel, Ill Ease.
Photos courtesy of http://sheslostcontrol-again.blogspot.com/
Side A: Francis Side B: Yellow Hair
Second limited edition 7" complete with home made gold sleeve notes!
Photos courtesy of http://sheslostcontrol-again.blogspot.com/
Side A: Hidden Doors Side AA: Gold Light
Hand-printed and hand-numbered limited edition debut record!
The Rayographs are Astrud Steehouder on guitar and vocals, Jessamine Tierney on bass and vocals and Amy Hurst on drums and occasional vocals. The motivation that glues this band together has been the attempt to create a sound that satifies a combined aesthetic; the intention to write songs that resonate. The songs are ideas-based: cropped observational narratives, stark impressions of strange histories, dark blue cinematic lynchian atmospherics cut with sharp drums and curious basslines.
The combination of strong songwriting, dark landscapes and free vocals has led to comparisons with Patti Smith, The Breeders, Nick Cave and Life Without Buildings. November saw the release of their debut limited-edition hand-printed 7" single that was made Single of The Week by Organ, Normans Records and Piccadilly Records, with excellent reviews from Artrocker and The Stool Pigeon who described it as "a simmering blues tattoo enunciated like a hex and sharing not a little in common with Nick Cave's 'Tupelo.'"
2009 has been divided between writing an album and playing a succession of increasingly mesmeric live shows, casting a spell of voodoo garage in the UK, Paris and recently joint headlining the new band tent at Offset festival. They released their second highly acclaimed limited edition 7" "Francis" in July 2009 which saw frequent comparisons to the Pixies and early PJ Harvey, cementing their reputation as one of the most promising bands to emerge from the depths of London in a long time. The Rayographs are currently recording their debut album at NO Recording Studios with "Hollywood" John Hannon.
Sigo muy preocupada con este tema, y ya han pasado meses...
No comprendo que pretende, ni cuales son sus verdaderas motivaciones, la verdad, cada dia entiendo menos todo esto, pero aunque no me llame y no sepa nada de él... siempre apoyaré a mi hijo incluso en una locura como esta.
Muchas gracias por estar ahí.
Arriba te dejo una img de mi hijo x si no sabes quien es.
"Thanks for the add" La Madre de Anonymous --------------------------------------- Who Am I -el Experimento 2.0-
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
"Yellow Hair" by The Rayographs on my radio show, The British Breakfast on WRIR 97.3FM Richmond, Virginia USA and streamed live on www.wrir.org this Saturday between 9-11AMEST which is 2-4PMUKTIME.
Listen to an exclusive interview with The Rayographs on Adrian's show on Different Class Radio. Other artists featured in the podcast include Calexico, Chet Baker, Les Beyond and Rita Hayworth.
Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
The deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Show returns to the airwaves on Resonance 104.4 FM this Saturday 5th September between noon and 1.30pm. Today's broadcast is in conjunction with PESTIVAL * With contributions from the Mosquito expert Dr. James Logan, an essay from the author Tim Burrows (on the subject of insects in rock and pop), plus live music from the London based alt/art duo Plug, who will debut new insect related material especially written for Hello GoodBye.
* PESTIVAL is a festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. Pestival 2009 runs from 3rd-6th September @ The Southbank Centre and is jam-packed with insect-inspired talks and debates, as well as comedy, music, walks, workshops, installations and experiments. For further information, please visit: http://pestival.org
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