Although they remind me of Life Without Buildings and The Pack A.D., Rayographs are totally unique. Their debut album was recorded by legendary underground producer John Hannon at a studio in a farm. And underground this most definitely is, at least the seeds of the underground were most definitely planted in the making of this. Now this wont appeal to all tastes but there is nothing to be scared of children. Anyone with an ounce of a indie leaning will probably jump for joy after hearing this. The band cite a [...]
The Rayographs Rayographs were Man Ray's "cameraless pictures", where he placed objects on light-sensitive paper which he then exposed to light and developed. They're very different to conventional pictures, but striking in their own way. Just like (in a smartarse journalistic link) the debut album from The Rayographs, whose post-punk styled art-rock is thoughtful, intense and creative and on a parallel track to your regular guitar bands. Like the brilliant 'Francis' single, which we [...]
Petit point encyclopédique pour nourrir votre appétit culturel : la rayographie est une technique photographique sans appareil qui consiste à poser des objets sur du papier photosensible. Man Ray a notamment beaucoup usé de cette astuce pour créer des images étranges, faites de superpositions en noir et blanc. Ces photos qui n'en sont pas ont-elles inspiré le trio londonien exclusivement féminin Rayographs ? Possible. Constituée lors de l'été caniculaire de 2003, la formation d'Astrud Steehouder (guitare/voix), Jessamine Tierney (basse/voix) et Amy Hurst (batterie) se cherche jusqu'en 2008, date de la [...]
With a love of photography, film, literature and philosophy permeating their pulsing, voodoo garage rock, Rayographs are not simply the sum of their impeccable music tastes. The London-based trio – Astrud Steehouder plays guitars and is lead vocalist, Jessamine Tierney plays bass and Amy Hurst is on drumming duties – released two stunning singles ('Hidden Doors' and 'Francis') before taking a couple of years to finely craft their eponymous debut album. Recently released, Rayographs is woozy mix of dark pyschedelia, brooding art-rock and guttural blues that takes as much from [...]
One long, pulsating guitar note signifies that Rayographs have arrived. It rings through the bank holiday revelry with a trance-inducing thrum. Pieces of crèpe paper flutter like dead leaves from the space-age silver pipes overhead. Even in the underbelly Old Street roundabout, in the office basement that is the City Arts and Music Project (aka CAMP), there's a nod to the tomorrow's impeding royal nuptials. But the red, white and blue tributes above ground melt to a heady purple in this subterranea as London three-piece Rayographs launch their eponymous debut album, serving up their brand of rich, thick [...]
"There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it." (1948 essay, "To Be Continued, Unnoticed" by Man Ray.) The cover art for London-based art-rock band Rayographs ' eponymous debut gives us a clue to what's inside; music which evokes dark suffuse shadowy images, not unlike the camera-less photography technique pioneered by influential Dadaist Man Ray in the 1920s from which the band gets its name. On Rayographs , conventions often give way to something more stark and [...]
Facebook / http://rayographs.com/ London based Rayographs are gearing up for the release of their self-titled debut album (out 25th April on Desire - order link ). I'd not heard of them until I was scrolling through the acts confirmed for London's Stag and Dagger festival last weekend, the trio stood out as the best of the initial new (to me) bands investigated; (there are two 7" released in 2008/9 to track down too). "Space of the Halls" is the lead offering off the album and it's [...]
Due out on April 18, 'Rayographs' will be the eponymous debut album from dark psychedelic pop trio Rayographs . Shifting through kaleidoscopic rhythms, haunting melodies, intoxicating vocals, the riot grrl sensibilities of Patti Smith and the surging bass lines of The Breeders , their record promises to be as unsettling and compelling as 2009's 'Francis.' Related posts TLOBF Club Night :: Desolation Wilderness and Rayographs next week!
by kevin diamond What am I doing here? I recently got a day job that involves sitting around a wine shop all day waiting for customers. Which means only one thing to me: I've got time to sift through all the MP3s I download and never listen to. I finally feel hip again. Anyway, music hype seems to come in waves (no pun intended) and the hype recently seems to come in two flavors: lo-fi DIY bedroom garage rock, and 80s style atmospheric electronic pop. I've got about 8 songs [...]
I've seen three awards-season-tipped movies this week (The Wrestler being the best) so as a result, two Oscar/Bafta film soundtrack songs are in the ten this week (The other eight are damn fine too): On a recent shopping trip I managed to pick up a promo of Brakes' forthcoming album. Oh boy is it a good one, displaying a tendency to genre hop from Indie to Punk and from Rock to Country but at the same time sounding chock full of confidence. Here's opener 'Two Shocks', which morphs from a [...]
Like Gruff , the Dark Was The Night compilation is the gift that keeps giving: Earlier today it yielded a unanimously loved Sufjan track . (Pauses to appreciate that something received unanimous love on Stereogum.) Now on to something also generally lovable: Obama-staffer fave Arcade Fire. The patriotic outfit's contribution to Dark is called "Lenin," formerly known as "When Lenin Was Little" and existing out there in the ether as an unreleased Arcade Fire tune for some time now. (Go to arcadefire.com for the lyrics.) Maybe [...]
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