Guitarist Greg Brown and bassist Victor Damiani of former Cake fame give Deathray a developed, punchy sound that many other “alternative” bands today lack.
This band is a perfect example of why pop with string arrangements, quirky lyrics, weird sound effects, and baroque progressions will never go out of style.
Super Hero #1 is a boring indie-rocker – don’t see what’s so super ’bout that. Superhero #2, Sonny SixKiller, is, unsurprisingly, also a boring indie rocker.
Ex-Quicksand and once-temporary Deftones bassist Sergio Vega discovers that playing pop rock songs a la Elliott Smith and The Byrds is more liberating and fun.