Cel Ray Announce “Cel Rayzer” Album & Drop “Price Of Gas” Single

Chicago’s Cel Ray are set to release their new album, Cel Rayzer, on July 24th via Exploding In Sound Records. Recorded together with Doug Malone at Jamdek, Cel Ray rip through ten charismatic punk tunes with hardcore velocity. The riffs are huge and melodic, the drums are pounding, and vocalist Maddie Daviss‘ dynamic presence is undeniable. With lyrics that are simultaneously political and comedic, Daviss proves you can make a point and still have a great time in the process. With the album’s announcement comes the release of lead single Price of Gas.

“This song is a rock opera from the perspective of an American man who is obsessed with the price of gas. He has bottled all his troubles and resentments at the country into the rising gas prices, and how they are keeping him down. He desperately wants to impress his wife, provide for his family, and be behind the wheel constantly, but the cost of living keeps rising without him. He blames the price of gas and his wife for his unlucky lot in life to the point of madness, never seeing the bigger picture. It started as a bit after the boys had written a really good song and I thought, wouldn’t it be funny to ruin it with the most obtuse lyrics possible. However the Gas price man quickly took on a life of his own and exists everywhere AND becomes more relevant day by day with an increasingly worse country … I never wrote down actual lyrics for this song because the Gas Price man would take over my body to sing of his various troubles… over time it became much more about blaming his wife for some reason? Lol best song ever” (vocalist Maddie Daviss)