trauma ray Release Debut Album Chameleon Today via Dais – Listen / Share / Purchase
Share Video For Title Track - Watch / Share
On Tour: Levitation, Dates w/ Panchiko + Headlining The Roxy In LA November 29
“‘Bishop’ is a complex layer cake of moody effects and tempestuous riffs. Emerging out of an echoey whirlpool of warbly melancholy and mumbled lyrics, ‘Bishop’ is a brooding, volatile shredder that cleverly leans into shoegaze’s drowsier side.” The FADER
“trauma ray Transcend Shoegaze” Consequence (Heavy Song of the Week)
“colossal” Stereogum
“gorgeously dense” Treble
“a fine offering of woozy, wall-of-sound delicacy” Brooklyn Vegan
trauma ray’s debut album Chameleon is a masterpiece of craft, balance, melody, lyricism, and gravity, flexing a fresh vision of loud-quiet-loud architectures and the vertigo depths of blasted harmonics. From Slowdive to Deftones to Hum and beyond, trauma ray absorb and expand on their influences into a rare and dedicated alchemy. trauma ray's cinematic tempest is a gathering storm only just taking flight.
Since first making waves with a S/T EP in 2018, the Texas five have been honing their live set across increasingly adventurous American tours – stacking amps and turning heads show by show, justly earning them a massive following in no time. The band’s three guitar attack is a force to behold, alternately surging, savage and spectral, drenched in precision distortion.
The core songwriting duo of Uriel Avila and Jonathan Perez has expanded and refined the project’s vision and craft, culminating throughout Chameleon. Avila’s background in a devout Pentecostal community gives his lyrics about guilt, purgatory, and passing to the other side to an emotional authenticity that cuts through the music’s majestic volume. Rounded out by bassist Darren Baun, drummer Nicholas Bobotas, and guitarist Coleman Pruitt, the album both synthesizes and transcends its influences, a stormy fusion of downer hooks, apocalyptic beauty, and bulldozer riffs.
trauma ray are on the road this Fall. They play the UK this weekend ahead of a Texas run which includes a performance at Levitation and dates with Panchiko. Other highlights include two release shows: one headlining The Roxy in LA and San Diego’s Voodoo Room. See all dates below and grab tickets here.
Chameleon is out today via Dais Records. trauma ray have also shared a lyric video for its title track. Watch below.
photo by Will McCarthy | hi res version here
Trauma Ray Live Dates:
Oct 26: Birmingham, UK - XOYO *
Oct 27: Manchester, UK - B.E.C. Arena (Outbreak Autumn)
Oct 28: London, UK - New Cross
Oct 31: Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
Nov 01: Levitation - Austin, TX
Nov 03: Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre ~
Nov 04: Little Rock, AR - EJ’s
Nov 06: Kansas City, MO - The Truman ~
Nov 07: Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village #
Nov 08: Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe ~
Nov 09: Grand Rapids, MI - Elevation ~
Nov 10: Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre ~
Nov 12: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ~
Nov 13: Boston, MA - 4th Wall
Nov 14: New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place
Nov 15: New York, NY - TV Eye #
Nov 16: Washington, D.C. - Comet Ping Pong !
Nov 17: Richmond, VA - Cobra Cabana !
Nov 18: Raleigh, NC - Kings !
Nov 19: Atlanta, GA - Altar #
Nov 20: Birmingham, AL - Saturn #
Nov 21: New Orleans, LA - Siberia #
Nov 22: Houston, TX - TBD #
Nov 23: San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger #
Nov 29: Los Angeles - The Roxy (Record Release) ^
Nov 30: San Diego - Voodoo Room (Record Release) $
* w/ Citizen
~ w/ Panchiko
# w/ Leaving Time
! w/ Leaving Time and Full Body
^ w/ Toner, Lvster, Slumped
$ w/ Toner, Slumped, Sparkler
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