![]() There’s no homogenized experience or interpretation of it,” Ray says. “No survivor has a set way of dealing with what they had to survive. That anger is present on the record, but it shares space with acceptance, gallows humor, and strength. “In the ‘80s, everything looked like candy, but it was sharp-there’s an anger to it,” she says. The songs shimmer with neon gloss, from the electronic piano and harmony-packed excoriation of privilege “Straight Man’s Dream” to the heartbreaking showstopper “Cry For the Camera,” and from the noise interlude of “No” to the leather clad strut of “Lawsuits & Suicide,” a tale of manipulation set to ‘80s hard rock-inspired new wave, drawn from Ray’s childhood memories of MTV. To match her personal and fearless lyrics, which range from darkly funny to harrowing, Ray and her co-producer/collaborator Jeff Berner gather a wide batch of sounds, from unhinged garage rock to soul ballads. “I kept asking, ‘How do you do this?’ But Goldin’s work-as well as the writings of music journalist and musician Jes Skolnik-inspired Ray to throw herself into the difficult work. She couldn’t shake the idea of a concept album-a full-throated rock album about being a survivor-but found herself hesitating until 2019, when she began to approach the concept in earnest. “It shook me to my core and made me reflect on my own experiences with sexual assault and abuse,” Ray says. ![]() The idea for Portrait of a Lady Ray stretches back Ray’s experience with photos from Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, a personal expose of the photographer’s time in the No Wave scene of New York in the late ‘70s. Featuring singles like the Stooges-styled “Manic Pixie Dream Cunt,” the reverb soaked dream pop of “Heteronormative Horseshit Blues,” and the hard-charging “Bootlickers of the Patriarchy,” the album draws from a stylistic palette of synths, electronic beats, and hard rock guitars, inspired by artists like Ministry, Billy Idol, Pat Benetar, and the glittery, jagged but still pop guitars of Los Angeles hair metal. Written in the wake of the #metoo movement and the weathering years of the Trump Administration, the record finds Ray processing her own experiences with abuse, layering autobiographical detail with ferocious bon mots and surrealistic rock & roll gloss. Once your Reverb Credits are in your account, you will see their amount subtracted from the item price during checkout.With her raging new album Portrait of a Lady, New York punk rock/art pop songwriter Shilpa Ray has created her most searing and personal album to date. ![]() If the Reverb Credits don't cover the entirety of the order total, you will then be prompted to enter in your second payment method (credit or debit card) to finalize the purchase. Once you have the Reverb Credits in your account, when you go to checkout with an eligible listing, you will want to select " Credit/Debit Card or Reverb Credits", then " Proceed to Checkout" and the Reverb Credits will be automatically deducted from the order total within the shopping cart. After the gift card is redeemed, you can see your credits in the main drop down menu on the top right of Reverb. You can add Reverb Credits to your account by redeeming Reverb Gift Cards here. How Can I Turn My Reverb Gift Card into Reverb Credits? In the app, after you search, tap "Filter", then "Buying Options", then "Accept Reverb Credits": On the web, this filter is located on the left-hand side of your screen after you search: To find items that qualify, just search for the gear you're looking for, then check the " Accepts Reverb Credits" filter. Reverb Credits can not be used towards purchases via PayPal or Affirm, only towards credit card purchases through Reverb Payments.
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