The Bellrays
The Red, White & Black
(Telstar Records)
People presently unacquainted with the
shattering soulful garage sound of The Bellrays, would
be forgiven for thinking that someone has pissed off Gabrielle
big time and she has joined The Datsuns on first listen
to their latest offering. Vocalist Lisa Kekaula puts in
a varied displayed sounding sombre and soulful when needed
such as in ‘Revolution Get Down’ and ‘Used
To Be’, conversely she does a good full on garage
punk performance that can be witnessed in ‘Street
Corner’ and the cynical ‘Black Is The Colour’ about
the cruel nature of love. For lovers of pop music before
it became a manufacturing industry, there are a couple
of neat and catchy pop tunes to be found ‘Find Someone
To Believe In’ and ‘Making Up For Lost Time’.
