Shilpa Ray - Portrait Of A Lady

New York punk rock/art pop songwriter Shilpa Ray has created her most searing and personal album to date. 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. 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.1. Straight Man's Dream2. Manic Pixie Dream Cunt3. Heteronormative Horseshit Blues4. No5. Lawsuits and Suicide6. Cry For The Cameras7. Bootlickers of the Patriarchy8. Male Feminist9. Same Sociopath10. Charm School for Damaged Boys11. Two Faced Lovers12. Last Wave