The BellRays, who hail from Riverside, California, used to sound like the Stooges fronted by a 1960s Detroit diva, but initially their eighth album seems softened by a pop-rock production.
Then Infection and Coming Down open up spaces for Lisa Kekaula's big soul belter voice, and we hear the rare sound of a garage band backing someone who can really sing. Wedding Bells and The Fire Next Time are the BellRays' most self-consciously sultry moments to date, but somehow sit alongside the strident punkers Pinball City and Psychotic Hate Man.
Then Infection and Coming Down open up spaces for Lisa Kekaula's big soul belter voice, and we hear the rare sound of a garage band backing someone who can really sing. Wedding Bells and The Fire Next Time are the BellRays' most self-consciously sultry moments to date, but somehow sit alongside the strident punkers Pinball City and Psychotic Hate Man.