Portland, Oregon-based four-piece Rayon, fronted by main songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eric Sabatino, have a self-described sound as “a life-long Post-Punk listener trying to reconcile their love of The Kinks and 60’s British Pop”.
It’s an apt description if there ever was one. Growing up near Detroit while playing shows/touring the Midwest and East Coast has provided a wealth of experience behind Rayon’s unique and true-to-self sound.
Drawing influences from the likes of Magazine, Manchester England in the 80s, The Kinks, The Cleaners from Venus, Lora Logic, Yoko Ono, and Berlin-era Bowie rings clear amongst Rayons’s growing catalogue and sharp angular guitar lines, cutting through their captivating live performances like a well-sharpened knife.
Their new LP, ‘Colour’, was mainly conceived during the height of the pandemic, in hotel rooms and trailers along the PNW coastline. Recorded on a 16-track reel-to-reel, which broke and had to be replaced in the middle of recording, the album presented some challenges, but pushing through all adversity can bring great results, all of which ring true with their new record. ‘Colour’ is available on vinyl and cassette tape via Portland-based label Little Cloud Records.
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