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The Leader

by Gemma Ray

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    This was a Record Store Day exclusive in 2018, but now we have a few copies left over. Lucky dip coloured vinyl (You don't know what colour you're gonna get and neither do we!). Comes with download card.

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Hard Shoulder 03:19
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2.
Dry River 02:25
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Bring It To Me 02:27
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Rise Of The Runts 03:04
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On Your Own 03:35
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Metal In The Morning 02:09
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Name Your Lord 02:36
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Eyes And Ears 04:01
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Pick-Up Truck 01:57
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H-H-Hannah 02:31
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New Life 03:29
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The Leader 01:46
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about

Gemma Ray debut solo album, originally released 2008. Here's what the UK music press said about it at the time:

“Disarming and swooning, with noir-ish hints of Lee Hazelwood’s unearthly country-rock... Ray sits midway between Nina Simone and Isobel Campbell and is the better for it.” – MOJO
“An entrancing blend of artfulness and accessibility, Ray’s guitar twang and lustrous vocal deliver classic pop in sometimes spooky, but always compelling, hallucinogenic soundscapes.” - DAILY MIRROR
“Startlingly good ” – CLASH
“A compelling album packed with 50’s-inspired gems and rumbling, country-rock” – DIVA
“A persuasive exercise in Hitchcockian melodrama” – UNCUT
“Gemma Ray has poise and clarity and a clue or two about constructing melodic mini epics.” - MAIL ON SUNDAY
“A compelling piece of work” - DAILY EXPRESS
“Gemma Ray takes old musical forms, but unlike Duffy and Amy Winehouse she reinvents them in an innovative and refreshing style that ensures she will be around in 10 years time.” - IRISH NEWS OF THE WORLD
"Melodramatic pop, it’s of the moment and a delight.” – WALL STREET JOURNAL

credits

released April 2, 2021

Produced by Michael J Sheehy and Gemma Ray.
Recorded and mixed by Michael J. Sheehy in his living room, London.
All songs written and performed by Gemma Ray. Guest musicians: Michael J Sheehy, Mary Epworth, James Fortune.

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