The video takes place in a smokey and dimly lit restaurant and bar after a lonely bar regular stumbles in for a drink. Forest Ray’s Honesty, while being a product of turmoil and joy, manages to simultaneously uproots these feelings in the same smokey room, bottle in hand. “Honesty” marks one of the more cohesive expressions of the group’s eclectic influences, showcasing a lush instrumentation that highlights the early era of psychedelia while simultaneously channeling their innate drive and garage rock/punk roots. Originally started in San Luis Obispo, CA by Peter Sumic and Robby Porovich as a two person recording project the group has now evolved into a touring lineup currently based in Seattle. The Official Video (filmed on Super 8 film) was shot on location at Wong's Kitchen and Bar in Seattle utilizing members of the local music community affiliated with the Forest Ray Records label and featuring members of Control Test, Smoker Dad, VllY, Myrrum and Wrestler, also based in the Seattle area.įorest Ray experiments in the analog and psychedelic, combining guitar driven psychedelic rock with elements of raw synth-laced post-punk and organ-laden pop. Honesty is the first video single from Forest Ray’s upcoming fourth studio album, 'Black Pine'. 'Sonically, the chime of the 12-string electric-guitar complements the jangle pop influences of the 1960s that eventually crescendo into an epic freak-out filled with harmonicas and bending guitars masked in a surreal wash of tape delays, something of a signature for the group.'

That is, of course, an oversimplification, the band that started as a musical project in San Luis Obispo, CA by Peter Sumic and Robby Porovich as a two person recording project (and since evolved into a touring line up of like minded musicians) manages to toss in elements of chamber pop tones and tightly wound pop that is compositionally deep riding on evocative melodies and storytelling.

Honesty by Seattle based Forest Ray feel like indie rock steeped in 60's folk psychedelia, California surf punk and patchouli oil.

Psyche rock opera