Highwire Daze reviews Do I Love America
Highwire Daze, August/September 1999
Reviews: Brett Miller
It feels good to know that Baby Ray is out there. Out of Boston, the band preforms rock songs with acoustic and electric guitars, odd vocal melodies and change-up rhythms. The band (in their hilarious stream-of-consciousness bio) refers to Baby Ray's sound as "pop-gone-wrong" and what better way to explain such songs as the country-tinged guitar psychedelia of Olive Novel Love or Solid Gray with its captivating vocals and dense layered guitars. Out-and-out rockers Sheep Are My Keeper and Wisdom Of The Boondocks still carry enough paranoid genius in their lyrics to let you know that Baby Ray is not your usual crowd-pleasing band. Playful Robert closes Do I Love America with a circular rhythm strummed on acoustic guitar and Eric[h] Groat's raspy vocal delivery, ending the album abruptly, leaving you wanting more. After hearing Baby Ray's second album I can't wait to see them live and buy their next CD. Seek out Do I Love America for a taste of what rock music can sound like with balls and brains.