MantraRay

MantraRay is two long-time friends, Trevor Brill and Billy Raymond-Barker. Trevor lives in Cardiff, South Wales and Billy lives in Brixham, Devon. Back in the mists of time, Trev and Billy were part of a five-piece gigging band around the London pub circuit, Billy on guitar and Trev on the drums. Fast forward thirty years and the boys are back! The magic of electronic file transfers has made their collaboration a reality.

Their music covers a variety of genres but is mostly filed under Indie Rock. Influences include the Manic Street Preachers, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, Super Furry Animals, The Cure, Rush, Stone Temple Pilots...

Their debut album, The Collection, was nominated for Tim Burgess' Album of the Year, dealing with emotions of loss but with plenty of upbeat rock and pop. Two further singles, Forever Your Pleasure (produced by Invisible Squirrel) and Just Like the Sun were released in 2022, the latter being placed at no 21 in the Indie 100 Cup alongside some amazing artists . Their last single, Sunflowers, about the war in Ukraine was released in January 2023 and was chosen as Single of the month on Duggystone radio.

More new music is in the pipeline for 2023 with the next single Lazy Days due for release on 21 June and a second album planned for an autumn release. Whatever happens, this will be fun. Enjoy yourselves, it’s later than you think, but never too late!