With their earwormish slate of jaunty and sun-kissed indierock, Beddy Rays capture the lackadaisical, blithesome and free spirit of their stomping grounds: the coastal Queensland paradise of Redland Bay (better known to the locals, though, as Reddy Bay). It makes sense, then, that Beddy Rays are named after the town (albeit in spoonerism form), and that debut album would be a self-titled affair.
It’s a testament to the very core of the quartet, as they declared in a statement: “We decided to go with a self-titled album for our debut because we believe this album Beddy Rays, through and through.” They explained that when the band was formed in the halcyon days of 2017, “all [they] wanted to do was play gigs, sink tins and chat to all the legends we’d meet along the
