Dallas favorite rock band, The Deathray Davies, have been bringing their fuzzed-up rock to the people since 1999. Spreading their tentacles beyond Texas through constant road-treks with the likes of the Breeders, Old 97s, Pete Yorn, and Superchunk. Theyve earned write-ups in Esquire and People, and videoplay on MTV 2. The Kick And The Snare is a big, immediate album so drenched in pop intuition and savvyarrangements that if radio still played rock n roll, it could be a generation soundtrack. The Deathrays absorb influences from the British invasion staples the Beatles, the Kinks and the Zombies, to Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys, to the Ramones and the Pixies. Theyre about great songs, lead singer -songwriter John Dulfilhos oft-understated expressions bloom within charmingly eccentric arrangements and bouncingprogressions mottled with showers of guitar and keys.