Cel Ray's "Toxic": A Self-Deprecating Punk Anthem from Chicago Absurdists
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Margaret Farrell
2h ago· 1 min readenReview
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A brief music review/feature on Cel Ray's new song "Toxic," a punk track from the Chicago band's upcoming album "Cel Rayzer." The piece highlights the song's self-deprecating, brutally funny lyrics delivered by Maddie Daviss over frantic, squiggly guitars and scampering drums, with lines like "I am a toxic moron / Never made a healthy choice."
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· 3 pulledI am a toxic moron / Never made a healthy choice.
Want to be so tough / No I am just some dumb broad.
Some lyrics cut straight through the bullshit and latch onto whatever weird, mystical life force is rattling around inside me.
Some lyrics cut straight through the bullshit and latch onto whatever weird, mystical life force is rattling around inside me. That’s exactly how I feel about “Toxic” from Chicago absurdist punks Cel Ray, the follow-up to “Price of Gas” off their forthcom
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