FEATURED RELEASE
“Perfect She Was”
Available 24 July 2026
Perfect She Was is Dean Ray’s most personal release to date.
Written for his daughter Evie, the song began as a private expression of grief rather than a planned release. Blending Dean’s guitar-led blues-rock sound with country-rooted storytelling, Perfect She Was captures the love, fear, pain and enduring bond between a parent and child.
Now shared publicly, the song is dedicated not only to Evie, but to families navigating pregnancy loss, stillbirth and grief.
“This song scares me. I was frightened to write it, and I still fear performing it because of the painful place it takes me every time.
It was never intended to be what it has become. It was simply a journal entry.
I’m grateful to Hayley and Josh for giving me the push to release the song in the hope it may help others through grief.
It has helped me.
”
“FREEDOM”
Fresh off the back of his last single, ranking Number 5 on the AMRAP Metro Charts, Dean Ray’s single, “Freedom”, featuring Ella Jones, is available ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS.
(Released Internationally on Friday 30 December 2022).
Freedom, the second single off the Mr Man EP, is the first written collaboration between Dean and Megan Washington (including the delicate harmonies of Brisbane-based Songbird, Ella Jones) depicts the fleeing of a commitment through a melancholy lens.
Freedom addresses the “emotional wall we tend to build around ourselves to keep us safe from heartache”. The realness of the lyrics is balanced by the gentle acoustic melodies maintained throughout the song.
Speaking on the single, Dean said,
““Megan and her background in music gave this song a flavour that I could not have achieved without her input. A big thanks to Ella for her amazing vocal on the track, six years searching for that harmony and she hit it out of the park.””
Watch the official lyric video below:
FIRST SINGLE FROM NEW EP - “MR MAN”
“Mr Man” IS NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM
on all of your favourite platforms.
The single was released internationally on
Friday 14 October 2022 AEST.
It’s a piece that questions the structure of today’s society throughout its lyrics whilst providing a sense of unity within the music;
“Is it all for one or one for all?!”
Speaking on the single, Dean said,
““The division between elites, middle class and low-income earners has become far more evident to me in recent years. I guess that has been the inspiration behind putting my pen to paper and creating this track. Witnessing hard-working people and small business owners declaring bankruptcy and/or struggling to make ends meet, really hit home with me and I grew tired of bottling it up.” ”
Take a listen below:
discographY:
“Ray delivers a set that’s steeped in Australiana and affecting story-telling… The down-on-his-luck outlaw rocker motif isn’t new, but Ray’s talent turns it upside down with terrific verve.
-Rolling Stone (“The Messenger”)”
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