So,Imagine if Aretha Franklin was really pissed off and decided to join The Stooges. Sound good to you? Then you might dig The Bellrays as that's pretty much what they sound like. One of ex creation records boss Alan McGee's discoveries around a decade ago when Garage rock was the next big thing. Meet The Bellrays is a compilation (in much the same vein as "Your New Favourite Band" by The Hives) released on McGee's Poptones label in 2002. The band had already been plying their Punk Soul stylings around the US bar circuit for well over a decade by this point and the album handpicks a good selection of their back catalogue. Unfortunately It's not quite amazing enough for you to need much more than this CD so while I've listened to a couple of their other albums and seen them live once or twice, I've never been compelled to buy any other albums of theirs.
The high octane Garage Punk stompers such as "They Glued Your Head On Upside Down" and "Too Many Houses In Here" are very good but the band are at their best when they step off the accelerator for a moment and play some old school 60's influenced soul, such as on "Blue Cirque" and this track, "Have A Little Faith In Me"...
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