British artist Gemma Ray is releasing a new album, “Island Fire,” on May 29 and is touring this May to promote the record. She’s also released her first video off the new record, “Rescue Me.”
The video features Ray as a 1950s housewife grocery shopping as she day dreams about being “a million miles away” from the technicolor aisles of the supermarket, hoping that someone will rescue her. The combination of Ray’s soothing voice, the melancholy melody of the song with an added sci-fi hum in the background, and the nostalgic 50s look of the video make me feel like I’m “blissed out in a dream.”
Take a look at Gemma Ray’s music video for “Rescue Me,” our video of the day here at BUST.
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If you’re digging Gemma Ray, be sure to catch her in your town this spring:
5/7 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
5/9 Allston, MA @Brighton Music Hall
5/10 Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
5/12 Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
5/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
5/17 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
5/19 Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
5/20 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
5/22 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
You can check out three songs from “Island Fire” here.
Photo Credit: facebook.com/gemmaraymusic
