On 'New Country Sounds', Ryan Wong (Cool Ghoul, Supreme Joy) presents country explorations on both guitar and steel. As a writer, however, he continues to find himself owing more to Ray Davies than he does to Ray Price. Wong's natural charm and humor set him apart from todays crop of self-serious crooners. A laconic slacker sensibility persists throughout, lending Wong's more winkingly macho moments an ironic distance that comes off cheeky rather than threatening