2008 - 05/22 - Bellrays / Architects / Cobra Verde - 9pm $10 dos $12 adv
The BellRays don't need to explain, justify or proselytize themselves to anyone, and here's why: in a music market saturated with new-young-next-big-things that sound like so-and-so and have blog shelf lives that are too often like roadside fireworks (cheap, bright and short lived), The BellRays exist in their own dominion. They define and exemplify what's timeless, what's passionate, and what's real about playing music, and they have done it with a singular sense of devotion, innovation and skill that's undeniably remarkable since the early '90s. Nobody sounds like The BellRays, and The BellRays have never before sounded exactly like they do on their new record, "Hard, Sweet & Sticky", an album titled thusly because guitarist and songwriter Bob Vennum wanted to encapsulate what the band's new songs were all about. Vocalist and lyricist Lisa Kekaula, Bob Vennum and drummer Craig Waters had become accustomed to the way they had previously approached the recording process: map out a song first, work it out live on one of The BellRays' notoriously volcanic club tours, then hit the studio. After all, Kekaula has one of the most explosive and incomparable stage presences in all of music. One minute, she's wielding the microphone stand like a weapon, the next, she's crouching down to meet the crowd's eyes, or jumping off the stage to shake things up; meanwhile, the rest of The BellRays convulse, sweat and plow through hits expertly and with the momentum of a freight train. There's a dialogue there between audience and musician: they give, demand and receive respect.
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