{"title":"The Bellrays","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"heavy-steady-go-2","title":"Heavy Steady Go","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouder Than War - album of the week 30\/08\/24 -  \"rock ‘n’ soul with a punk twist that is second to none.\" Originating from Riverside, California, the BellRays have been mixing punk, rock and soul with the unique authenticity that has made them who they are in today. \"We created a band and music based on what we love.\" - explain Lisa Kekaula and Robert Vennum, the founding members of The BellRays. The tradition that the band continued over the last thirty years inspired them to infuse their influences. It's in their DNA. The sound can be described by one simple formula: Emotion + energy = excitement. Their latest album, Heavy Steady Go! strictly follows this rule but also, provides new coloring and shades to the well-beloved formula. \"We've heard ourselves described by some variation as 'Tina Turner fronting AC\/DC' or 'Motorhead meets Aretha Franklin' which comes with an expectation to be that every time.\" - explains Robert Vennum. \"We are expected to be something that does not exist.\" This recording is split by two cities, two years and two badass rhythm sections: Mark Cisneros (bass) and Ron Miller (drums) both from Kid Congo \u0026amp; The Pink Monkey Birds in Tucson, AZ and later the return of past drummer Craig Waters (Cody Chestnut, Andre Williams, the Countdowns) and newest arrival, Nico Miles on bass recording in Riverside, CA produced by Lisa and Robert. Heavy Steady Go! is described by the two as 'a festival in album form'. It's contrasting style mashups and musical collaborations between each quartet is powerfully concentrated rock and roll.\" Robert and Lisa explain that with these songs \"we pay homage to Tom Petty, Bon Scott, Fleetwood Mac, Howlin' Wolf, Cheap Trick, Betty Davis, and dozens of others that inspired this album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sweet Gee Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50382103445835,"sku":"2222119","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50382102954315,"sku":"2222112","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_4c16807e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726242118"},{"product_id":"the-red-white-and-black-2","title":"The Red, White and Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeeing the BellRays live is a revelation of what rock music should be: an aggressive and soulful guitar- driven music that you feel in your guts. The BellRays have been channelling the true spirit of rock and soul since 1990, with this being their fourth blood-letting release. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs expected this record oozes a genuine passion, combining the best of a 60s soul review with the fury of garage rock's greatest. Just imagine a young Tina Turner fronting the MC5 and you'll be getting close. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut make no mistake, front woman Lisa Kekaula is no mainstream soul singer. Although her warm traditional R\u0026amp;B vocal stylings are big, lush and beautiful, her ferocity is uncompromising. When her rock growl rumbles the floor, you best pay attention, there are no options available. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a band preaching the continuation of the rock'n'roll tradition in all its purity, anger and visceral power. The BellRays are on a self-professed mission to save rock music from itself and they need a witness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lonestar Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50475230593355,"sku":"2215523","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/CS1031593-01A-BIG_2b3760c0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727444779"},{"product_id":"punk-funk-rock-soul-volume-2","title":"Punk Funk Rock Soul Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003ePunk. Funk. Rock. Soul. The main ingredients in a potent witch’s brew that The BellRays have been mixing for a long time now. Returning with their first full new album since the release of \u003ci\u003eBlack Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e in 2010, \u003ci\u003ePunk Funk Rock Soul Volume 2\u003c\/i\u003e follows the release of \u003ci\u003eVolume One\u003c\/i\u003e, the four-track taster EP released in 2017 as an appetiser for the main feast. If music is food for the soul, then The BellRays are thanksgiving and they know how to cook. The BellRays strip down to the meat of what music means to them. Growing up in SoCal, they thrived on radio channels that broadcast more than one kind of music. It was a party. \u003ci\u003ePunk Funk Rock Soul \u003c\/i\u003eis their party with their songs and friends. Throughout \u003ci\u003ePunk Funk Rock Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, The BellRays slide from song to song, changing the dynamics but not the dynamism. In the studio or on stage, the BellRays equals energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Black Vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Limited Purple Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U\u0026Media","offers":[{"title":"LP.","offer_id":50497809154379,"sku":"1024998","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50497808793931,"sku":"1024999","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50497809711435,"sku":"1024997","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3d381e80-5d93-4891-80bb-888d66630659_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727733275"},{"product_id":"grand-fury","title":"Grand Fury","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinally it’s here! After many years, the repress arrived. This time how it was supposed to be. With new cover artwork and newly mixed songs. It's a rare but exhilarating occasion when you put on a new LP and are utterly blown away by what you hear. Every now and then, music makes you feel magically alive - makes you want to jump around, pound your fist in the air, and shout \"Oh, yeah!\" Listening to \u003ci\u003eGrand Fury\u003c\/i\u003e, the second major release by Los Angeles quartet the Bellrays, is such an experience. Imagine the \u003ci\u003eFunhouse \u003c\/i\u003e- era Stooges fronted by a female R\u0026amp;B singer instead of Iggy Pop, and you'll have a vague understanding of what the Bellrays call \"maximum rock 'n' soul\". Although they've drawn comparisons to the Stooges or the MC5 fronted by Tina Turner, Etta James, or Aretha Franklin, the Bellrays rightly point out that soul was an important element in those Detroit-area punks' sounds. So, in some ways, the Bellrays are just bringing out an element of early punk music that was there all along. 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