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, most well known for his involvement in his band

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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. 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. A year later he released an album titled ''Haunt U Forever'' via Chill Mega Chill. In January 2012, Ray released a song titled "A Smoothie Robot For Moon Mansion" via Bad Panda Records. In December of the same year, Ray released a remastered version of ''You Get Sick; You Regret Things'' via Orchid Tapes. In April 2013, Ray released a self-titled album under the name ''Starry Cat''. Developed during a recording hiatus with Julia Brown, the album was released with the purpose of raising money for the surgeries of Ray's Teen Suicide bandmate Caroline White. It received positive reviews. In January 2014, Ray released his third full-length album (second with Orchid Tapes) titled ''Three Love Songs''. On July 8, 2014, Ray self-released an EP titled ''Sun Over Hills''. On July 15, 2014, Ray released a single titled "Pull (May15)" via Secret Songs. In January 2015, Ray released a song titled "Context" via Canvasclub. In May 2015, Ray released a mixtape titled ''Mixtape''. On May 25, 2016, Ray married electronic artist Kitty in DeLand, Florida. 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

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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) *''starry cat'' (2013, self-released under the name ''Starry Cat'') *''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) *''When They Align Just So, Memories of Another Life Bleed into My Own'' (2020)

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)

References

{{Authority control 1991 births Living people Musicians from Baltimore 21st-century American musicians