Ricky Eat Acid

Samuel Joseph Ray (born April 25, 1991), also known by the name of his solo electronic project Ricky Eat Acid, is an American musician from Baltimore, Maryland, most well known for his involvement in his band Teen Suicide.

Ricky Eat Acid
Ray performing as Ricky Eat Acid in 2015
Background information
Birth nameSamuel Joseph Ray
Also known as
  • Dead Virgin
  • Mad Dads
  • Cumwolf
  • Cute Boy Kissing Booth
  • Teen Mom Birthday Cake
  • Heroin Party
  • Starry Cat
Born (1991-04-25) April 25, 1991
OriginBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres
Years active2009–present
Member of
Formerly of
Spouse(s)
​
(m. 2016)​

History

Sam Ray began the Ricky Eat Acid project on February 22, 2010 with the song "Angry Clouds", which appeared on his debut album Sometimes You Make People Sad, released on May 21, 2010.[1] It was followed up by the release of Ray's first EP, HUGS on July 16, 2012, as well as his second album You Get Sick; You Regret Things on September 8, 2010. In between releasing EPs for a new project "Dead Virgin", Ray released the EPs Dance With U and Sometimes We're Blue in October and November of 2010 respectively.[2] A year later he released an album titled Haunt U Forever via Chill Mega Chill.[3]

In January 2012, Ray released a song titled "A Smoothie Robot For Moon Mansion" via Bad Panda Records.[4] In December of the same year, Ray released a remastered version of You Get Sick; You Regret Things via Orchid Tapes.[5]

In January 2014, Ray released his third full-length album (second with Orchid Tapes) titled Three Love Songs.[6][7] On July 8, 2014, Ray self-released an EP titled Sun Over Hills.[8][9] On July 15, 2014, Ray released a single titled "Pull (May15)" via Secret Songs.[10][11]

In January 2015, Ray released a song titled "Context" via Canvasclub.[12][13] In May 2015, Ray released a mixtape titled Mixtape.[14][15]

On May 25, 2016, Ray married electronic artist Kitty in DeLand, Florida.[16] On September 8, 2016, Ray debuted the first song titled "Hey" off of his latest album titled Talk To You Soon, which was released on October 28, 2016, via Terrible Records.[17]

Discography

Albums
  • Sometimes You Make People Sad (2010, self-released)
  • You Get Sick; You Regret Things (2010, self-released; 2012, Orchid Tapes)
  • Haunt U Forever (2011, Chill Mega Chill)
  • Seeing Little Ghosts Everywhere (2011, self-released)
  • Three Love Songs (2014, Orchid Tapes)
  • Three Love Songs: B-Sides & Outtakes (2014, Orchid Tapes)
  • Talk to You Soon (2016, Terrible Records)
  • A Whole Lot of Music From Past Few Years, All of Which I Hope You Enjoy (2017, self-released)
  • Am I Happy, Singing (2018, self-released)[18]
  • When They Align Just So, Memories of Another Life Bleed into My Own (2020)[19]

Extended plays
  • HUGS (2010, self-released)
  • Dance With U (2010, self-released)
  • Sometimes We're Blue (2010, self-released)
  • Like I Was Floating (2011, self-released)
  • April (2011, self-released)
  • Ambien Music (2012, self-released)
  • Sun Over Hills (2014, self-released)

Mixtapes
  • Mixtape (2015, self-released)

Singles
  • "A Smoothie Robot for My Moon Mansion" (2012, Bad Panda)
  • "Pull (May15)" (2014, Secret Songs)
  • "Context" (2015, Canvasclub)

Compilation albums
  • (2011_Demos) (2012, self-released)
  • 2009-2016 Loose Tracks (2017, self-released)

See also

References
  1. "Sometimes you make people sad". Bandcamp. May 21, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. "Conversations: Ricky Eat Acid". Portals Music. January 20, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. "Ricky Eat Acid – haunt u forever". Sputnik Music. September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  4. "Ricky Eat Acid – A Smoothie Robot For My Moon Mansion". Bad Panda Records. January 9, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  5. "Album review – Ricky Eat Acid 'You get sick; you regret things'". Chickens Are Dinosaurs. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  6. Marcus, Ezra (January 17, 2014). "Listen to Ricky Eat Acid's New Album "Three Love Songs"". Vice. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  7. Cooper, Duncan (January 29, 2014). "Download Ricky Eat Acid's Three Love Songs LP". The Fader. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  8. Price, Joe (July 19, 2014). "Download Ricky Eat Acid's "Sun Over Hills" EP". Pigeons and Planes. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  9. Cooper, Duncan (July 3, 2014). "Download Ricky Eat Acid's Footworky Sun Over Hills EP". The Fader. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  10. Bowe, Miles (July 15, 2014). "Ricky Eat Acid – "p u l l (may15)"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  11. Wilks, Zack (July 16, 2014). "Ricky Eat Acid, "p u l l (may15)"". Impose Magazine. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  12. Terry, Josh (January 8, 2015). "Ricky Eat Acid shares new song "Context" — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  13. Cooper, Duncan (January 7, 2015). "Ricky Eat Acid Premieres Head-Spinning New Single, "Context"". The Fader. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  14. Ambler, Charlie (May 28, 2015). "VICE Exclusive: Listen to an Exclusive Stream of Ricky Eat Acid's New Mixtape About Smoking Weed". Vice. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  15. Leight, Elias (May 28, 2015). "Hear A New Mixtape From Ricky Eat Acid". The Fader. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  16. "me and sam ray legitimately actually got married". Tumblr. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  17. Rettig, James (September 8, 2016). "Ricky Eat Acid – "hey"". Stereogum. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  18. "am i happy, singing_". Bandcamp. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  19. Colburn, Randall (November 20, 2020). "Ricky Eat Acid's Lovely New Album Soundtracks a Retro JRPG That Doesn't Exist". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
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