Ray Bull is an indie pop duo based out of Brooklyn. Songwriters Aaron Graham and Tucker Elkins met as art students in NYC. Their art school origins can be felt throughout their varied discography and their viral content.
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All of this was content, sure, but it was also a manifesto: Ray Bull sees the continuous thread running through art and pop culture and rearranges it to fit their own design. That design was forged in the physical proximity of their apartment. Please Stop Laughing is the sound of two people living, sleeping, and creating on top of one another. The writing process wasn't just collaborative; it was osmotic. One would play piano in the living room while the other shouted melodies from the kitchen. The song "Under Your Eyelid" serves as the perfect artifact of this environment. Elkins, hearing a melody drifting from Graham's room, pulled out his phone to Shazam it, hoping to add it to his library. When it came up empty, he realized it was Graham. He walked into the room, they jumped on the track together, and the result is a seamless fusion of their instincts.
The album reflects this "everything at once" mentality. It creates a sonic world that feels familiar yet distinctly fresh and new, borrowing from the sheen of 80s synth-pop, the intimacy of 70s Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters, and the polished hooks of contemporary Top 40.
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All of this was content, sure, but it was also a manifesto: Ray Bull sees the continuous thread running through art and pop culture and rearranges it to fit their own design. That design was forged in the physical proximity of their apartment. Please Stop Laughing is the sound of two people living, sleeping, and creating on top of one another. The writing process wasn't just collaborative; it was osmotic. One would play piano in the living room while the other shouted melodies from the kitchen. The song "Under Your Eyelid" serves as the perfect artifact of this environment. Elkins, hearing a melody drifting from Graham's room, pulled out his phone to Shazam it, hoping to add it to his library. When it came up empty, he realized it was Graham. He walked into the room, they jumped on the track together, and the result is a seamless fusion of their instincts.
The album reflects this "everything at once" mentality. It creates a sonic world that feels familiar yet distinctly fresh and new, borrowing from the sheen of 80s synth-pop, the intimacy of 70s Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters, and the polished hooks of contemporary Top 40.
Ray Bull is an indie pop duo based out of Brooklyn. Songwriters Aaron Graham and Tucker Elkins met as art students in NYC. Their art school origins can be felt throughout their varied discography and their viral content.
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All of this was content, sure, but it was also a manifesto: Ray Bull sees the continuous thread running through art and pop culture and rearranges it to fit their own design. That design was forged in the physical proximity of their apartment. Please Stop Laughing is the sound of two people living, sleeping, and creating on top of one another. The writing process wasn't just collaborative; it was osmotic. One would play piano in the living room while the other shouted melodies from the kitchen. The song "Under Your Eyelid" serves as the perfect artifact of this environment. Elkins, hearing a melody drifting from Graham's room, pulled out his phone to Shazam it, hoping to add it to his library. When it came up empty, he realized it was Graham. He walked into the room, they jumped on the track together, and the result is a seamless fusion of their instincts.
The album reflects this "everything at once" mentality. It creates a sonic world that feels familiar yet distinctly fresh and new, borrowing from the sheen of 80s synth-pop, the intimacy of 70s Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters, and the polished hooks of contemporary Top 40.
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All of this was content, sure, but it was also a manifesto: Ray Bull sees the continuous thread running through art and pop culture and rearranges it to fit their own design. That design was forged in the physical proximity of their apartment. Please Stop Laughing is the sound of two people living, sleeping, and creating on top of one another. The writing process wasn't just collaborative; it was osmotic. One would play piano in the living room while the other shouted melodies from the kitchen. The song "Under Your Eyelid" serves as the perfect artifact of this environment. Elkins, hearing a melody drifting from Graham's room, pulled out his phone to Shazam it, hoping to add it to his library. When it came up empty, he realized it was Graham. He walked into the room, they jumped on the track together, and the result is a seamless fusion of their instincts.
The album reflects this "everything at once" mentality. It creates a sonic world that feels familiar yet distinctly fresh and new, borrowing from the sheen of 80s synth-pop, the intimacy of 70s Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters, and the polished hooks of contemporary Top 40.
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