The old RKO Pictures logo shines out from the huge onstage screen, presumably in reference to the venue’s past life as the East End’s glitziest cinema, to the accompaniment of Cab Calloway singing Minnie the Moocher. The new version of the album accompanies Siouxsie’s first UK dates in ten years and her first in Europe and the US since 2008 which are being received with rapturous acclaim. She will be playing a mixture of intimate shows and festivals from now through September.

Siouxsie Signs New Record Deal", Siouxsietrinitystreetdirect.com, 27 July 2006, archived from the original on 4 February 2007 , retrieved 2 July 2016 {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)a b Harris, Sophie. "Mantaray - review". The Times (subscription required). 7 September 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2015 Mantaray includes a variety of musical styles, including pop, glam and cabaret. She said: "it has probably got the Siouxsie from seven years old to now, a life painting of where I started and where I am up to now". [6] "If it Doesn't Kill You" was one of the oldest lyrics she wrote, and the original music was different before she first met Jones. He was drawn to the title and in Siouxsie's words, "he made it one of those classic songs that could be associated with James Bond. It's quite cinematic." [9] "Sea of Tranquility" existed as a lyric on its own and was her idea of writing a sci-fi murder mystery. Jones and Evans "took it somewhere with that whole bossa nova thing" and the title of the album comes from a line of it. [9] A manta ray is described as "a ghost of a roar from the sea floor" in that song. [10] In an interview for The Telegraph, she further explained: "Because the sounds on the album are so diverse, we needed an abstract title. Rays symbolise something from deep space and a long, long time ago." "The deep ocean also inspired [1964 TV series] Stingray and science fiction. Which takes us on to space - those wings. Deep ocean and space are almost reversible worlds." [10] Release and promotion [ edit ] The print is a nice touch, it's done on a shiny card to a high standard, it's good to have it as otherwise, since it is no longer the cover artwork we wouldn't have siouxsie's face to look at. It's a shame there are no printed lyrics, the lyrics are good, and when I am lying on my sofa, losing myself to Siouxsie, I like to read the lyrics along with the musc - the lyrics are good enough to consider properly . . . but that's only a small gripe. John Schaefer (4 September 2007). "Siouxsie Goes Solo [Radio interview]". WNYC . Retrieved 12 February 2015. Here Comes That Day" was released as second single on 29 October and was followed by the album's third and last single, " About to Happen", on 10 March 2008. Mantaray was supported by a year long world tour and TV appearances. The last show of the tour was filmed and released on the Finale: The Last Mantaray & More Show DVD in 2009. [11]

a b Brown, Helen (13 September 2007). "Siouxsie Sioux strikes out alone". The Telegraph . Retrieved 10 April 2009. Here Comes That Day, from that solo record, is a prowling drama about someone getting their comeuppance, in which Siouxsie whips the microphone cable with vicious glee. No one is quite sure why she has come out to play this specific summer, other than there’s a remastered reissue of Mantaray to promote. The new version of the album accompanies Siouxsie's first UK dates in ten years and her first in Europe and the US since 2008 which are being received with rapturous acclaim. She will be playing a mixture of intimate shows and festivals from now through September. Mantaray saw Siouxsie revel in a sense of freedom, producing something much more expansive than her previous work. The first single from the album, the spellbinding ‘Into A Swan’ proved that Siouxsie was still very much in control. Fans and media alike embraced the record, and the ensuing tour sold out wherever it went. For those who had only dipped into her previous work, a new slew of delights and surprises met them on the record itself and at the live shows.Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. Mantaray’ saw Siouxsie revel in a sense of freedom, producing something much more expansive than her previous work. The first single from the album, the spellbinding ‘Into A Swan’ proved that Siouxsie was still very much in control. Fans and media alike embraced the record, and the ensuing tour sold out wherever it went. For those who had only dipped into her previous work, a new slew of delights and surprises met them on the record itself and at the live shows. Astonishingly, this is Siouxsie Sioux’s debut solo album after a career of thirty years with the Banshees. In a recent interview, the fifty-year old singer was quoted as saying 'The past is a total obsession with the media. I’ve always been more excited about what I’m doing right now'.

Her moves tonight suggest flamenco and mime; David Bowie was a stated inspiration and, aurally, Nico looms large in Siouxsie’s icy sternness. Mostly, though, she sounds, impressively, just like herself: her “ohs” big and gutsy, her yips and purrs and screams on point. Mantaray is the debut solo album by English singer Siouxsie. It was released in September 2007 by W14 Music on Universal Records, four years after the final album of the Creatures, Hái!. After her first solo tour in 2004, Siouxsie wanted to collaborate with other musicians. She met Steve Evans and Charlie Jones, both of them arranged the songs and produced the record. Upon release, Mantaray was well received by critics, with praise focused on Siouxsie's voice and the different compositional styles. This first of two sold-out nights marks her first performance in London since a turn at the Yoko Ono-curated Meltdown festival in 2013. Since then, she has been missing, presumed retired, not having recorded any follow-up to her 2007 solo debut, Mantaray. It makes you wish Sioux would follow Mantaray up, however belatedly. Perhaps she will, but she isn’t saying: after an encore of Hong Kong Garden, she disappears, the huge sleeves of her baby-blue dress floating behind her, the enigma of her reappearance unsolved. The vinyl is not the pink colour you see on your computer screen - it is a deep red, and when you put it on your turntable it looks impressively serious.Mantaray' saw Siouxsie revel in a sense of freedom, producing something much more expansive than her previous work. The first single from the album, the spellbinding 'Into A Swan' proved that Siouxsie was still very much in control. Fans and media alike embraced the record, and the ensuing tour sold out wherever it went. For those who had only dipped into her previous work, a new slew of delights and surprises met them on the record itself and at the live shows. Equally, there is much here that speaks loudly and clearly to the present moment. Cities in Dust remains an absolute banger about humankind’s vaulting hubris. Visuals of refinery chimneys accompany Siouxsie’s stentorian vocals.

Siouxsie Mantaray 2023: Translucent Red Vinyl (Ireland)". Towerrecords.ie . Retrieved 29 June 2023. Mantaray was released in the UK on 10 September 2007 on W14 Music, a Universal Music Group sublabel. A U.S. release followed on 2 October on Decca Records. In addition to the standard jewel case and a tri-fold Digipak, Mantaray was also released on vinyl in both countries. The album was preceded by its first single, " Into a Swan", released one week earlier on 3 September. Upon release, Mantaray hit No. 39 in the UK Albums Chart. a b Phil Marriott (August 2007). "Siouxsie Sioux talks about her new album Mantaray[Radio interview]". youtube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 15 June 2015.I love the stripey cover. Again, it sort of all matches with a carefully considered simple, yet bold design. I stared at the stripes for a while, a bit quirky? Then realised it isn't just 'stripes'. It is lettering, it's the title. VERY BEAUTIFUL. It takes ages to come up with art like this. Finally: the great pressing this album deserves! I won't go on about the actual music on the album as everybody knows it by now. It's enough to say, Siouxsie is an extravagant force of nature, a unique voice, with things to say / sing, she continues her gift of song with this album. Her interest in classic cinema, meanwhile, yields two touchpoints. Kiss Them for Me, from the Banshees’ 1991 album Superstition, takes inspiration from the film star Jayne Mansfield. Between songs, Siouxsie points out that the original King Kong film was screened 90 years ago in this very venue – a place that, if not exactly home turf for her, is nearly that.