We Are Busy Bodies, 2025
“Raymond’s ferocious fingerstyle and percussive physicality create a one-woman speed metal band” – NPR – An Album of the Year
“A singular new sound” – The Needle Drop
“deeply physical, engagingly original” – Bandcamp Daily
“She is a master storyteller using nothing but her fingers…innate command of an explosive musical articulation” – The Quietus
“Her music – instrumental, intricate, infinite – gazes at the stars” – Financial Times
“Raymond is in a world of her own – one with several moons and its own intoxicating atmosphere” – MOJO
“One of the leading lights in acoustic, instrumental guitar music” – Songlines
“As ..Raymond bends drones to her will, John Cale’s singular Welsh spirit feels near” – Uncut
“Raises the instrumental acoustic guitar album to new heights, another banger from this excellent guitarist” – KLOF
“An extremely high level of mastery…innovative” – Spill
NPR All Songs Considered- An Album of the Year
NPR – Lars Gotrich’s Album of the Year
BBC6 – An Album of the Year (chosen by Gideon Coe)
Songlines Top 5 UK Folk Album of the Year
A Closer Listen – Albums of the Year No.2
Hotpress – Folk Albums of the Year No.9
Metro – Albums of the Year No.8
Thurston Moore – Albums of the Year No.12