Ray - Deep Blue Happy (Pito Records) album review

We need bands like London foursome Ray more than ever. Singer Nev Bradford has a downbeat baritone pitched somewhere between that of Tim Booth and Lloyd Cole; his brother Mark's guitar work shimmers like Nick McCabe's at its finest. Melancholy countrified pop has seldom felt so emotional and affecting: to hear Ray is to watch rain splashing into oily puddles.

Charlie Ivens