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Try and Begin

by UV Rays

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Gregory Flatt There exists a an alternate timeline where "Boys" is the song of summer every summer until the end of time. Favorite track: Boys.
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brownfrancis I absolutely love everything you’ve put out. I have contacts in the industry especially in CA, OR and WA. Please put me on your mailing list. I would love to help you if I can. The band can also crash at my house in SD if you make it out here!
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1.
Flowerhead 03:02
You’re the only one Who knows how weird I get When I’m alone You made yourself A home Inside my flowerhead I’m never letting go There’s something about you That’s able to push through And tear right down my walls And it reveals My insecurities But what you think is beautiful None of it’s pretend You’re the only one Who knows how weird I get When I’m alone You made yourself A home Inside my flowerhead I’m never letting go You’ve got the words to sway And steer my troubled mind away When I’m spinning out And when you’re here There’s nothing that I fear Even though I’m terrified Of the fucking dark I hope you know I’ve got you too I’m there through thick and thin with you I’m the only one Who knows how weird you get When you’re alone I’ve made myself a home Inside your flowerhead I’m never letting go Letting go
2.
Who am I? Am I dead? Why do I feel Such awful dread? Tend to blame Society Start to think It could be me Drowning in the Greed and violence Need to find peace And silence Externally Chaos abounds Often forget I’m on the ground Taking a seat Looking within Finding a place To try and begin Drowning in the Greed and violence Need to find peace And silence
3.
Boys 03:08
Music so mad And they can’t tell me why they’re feeling So so sad Turn up the noise To drown out all emotion and to Tune out my voice Act like they know with no doubt That I can’t live without Boys They fill the void void void They whine and cry and scream and shout But I just can’t stop thinking bout Boys They fill the void void void They think they’ve got me figured out But I don’t give a fuck about Obscurity They find the lesser known to better One up me I’m feeling Illiterate Act like my thoughts and interests aren’t Legitimate Act like they know with no doubt That I can’t live without Boys They fill the void void void They whine and cry and scream and shout But I just can’t stop thinking bout Boys They fill the void void void They think they’ve got me figured out But I don’t give a fuck about Boys Their stupid smiles Their pants too tight The way they hold me close Keeps me up at night Their shitty songs And their sad eyes The way they say my name Tears me up inside Boys They fill the void void void They whine and cry and scream and shout But I just can’t stop thinking bout Boys They fill the void void void They think they’ve got me figured out But I don’t give a fuck about Boys
4.
Man Enough 02:10
I’m taking my time I’m watching you hold her The way I would I’m going in blind I’m waiting for closure You said we’re good Man enough Am I man enough? Can’t make her come out Can’t talk to her sober I’m high again Keep climbing that hill Keep grabbing my shoulder And tell your friends Man enough Am I man enough? I’m Getting up If you do Don’t Burn it all I’m with you I’m taking my time I’m watching you hold her The way I would I’m reading your mind I’m acting much older I think we’re good Man enough Am I man enough? Am I man enough? Am I man enough?

about

On their new EP Try and Begin, Brooklyn’s UV Rays are a band rejuvenated. While guitarist Adrien DeFontaine once served as the band’s principal songwriter, here he has invited his three bandmates to tackle lead vocals and songwriting duties as well. As a result, UV Rays have opened a floodgate of new perspectives and influences, embracing richly melodic pop music alongside their steadfast explorations of intricate, meter-shifting rock. “I wanted the songwriting to be a more democratic experience,” DeFontaine explains. “Early on, what people reacted to was seeing the four of us playing off each other live. That chemistry, and making something together that we couldn't possibly do on our own, is what’s most exciting to me.” Try and Begin delivers big hooks alongside equally ambitious arrangements; it is as engaging as it is full of surprises.

Try and Begin is a drastic departure from UV Rays’ previous singles, both in style and intention. DeFontaine has long channeled the soaring vocals and complex instrumentation of contemporary Japanese rock bands like Tricot and The Cabs. But now those influences are tempered by, say, drummer Erica Warner’s love of Katy Perry’s stadium-sized melodies, or bassist Tim Marchetta-Wood’s adoration for the quirky arrangements of Deerhoof and Mitski. “It all filters into what we're writing,” Marchetta-Wood points out.

Throughout the EP, these seemingly disparate sounds blend together effortlessly. On the celebratory lead single “Flowerhead,” for instance, Warner sings a huge pop chorus about being “comfortable enough with someone that you can be 100% your weirdest self in front of them,” but bookends it between restrained, elegantly winding verses and visceral blasts of staccato guitar and drums. Later, “Existential Dread,” sung by Marchetta-Wood, features intertwined guitar riffs in the vein of Television, courtesy of DeFontaine and guitarist Danny Sullivan; “Boys,” written by the full band, is a euphoric blast of unabashed pop-rock that works as a poignant foil for Warner’s biting commentary.

Nowhere is the band’s skill more apparent than in their ability to make abrupt jumps into atypical meters sound approachable and downright fun. Yet these twists and turns - like on the pogo-inducing adrenaline rush of “Man Enough” - never come at the expense of accessibility; DeFontaine likens the alternative to a Rube Goldberg machine or Wile E. Coyote’s absurd, unnecessary schemes. From these deft arrangements to unexpected gushes of sweet melody, UV Rays’ Try and Begin is overflowing with the fruits of true collaboration. Now, most importantly, as DeFontaine says, “everyone feels like this band is their own.” - Max Savage Levenson

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released March 1, 2019

Drums/Bass/Vocals recorded by Ben Talmi at Virtue and Vice Studios.
Guitars and additional overdubs recorded by UV Rays.
Mixed by Nick Rowe.

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