Purson, the female-fronted UK band that Kerrang has described as having “the best bits of ‘60s and ‘70s rock – think Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Cream… brought to 2013 in a sweet-smelling musical haze,” premiere the song “Well Spoiled Machine” today via Pitchfork.
The London-based band’s debut album, The Circle and The Blue Door,
is set for an April 30 release via Metal Blade/Rise Above Records. Decibel
Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian dubbed the album the “best debut of
2013” and overseas outlets like the BBC (“a modern demonic sound”),
Terrorizer (“their brand of gothic psychedelia is set to take 2013 by
storm”) and Subterranea/Metal Hammer (“Purson are the UK’s new
ambassadors for the otherworldly”) are all championing the young English
band.
“Spiderwood Farm,” a song singer Rosalie Cunningham penned after
flipping through a copy of Sounds from 1972, is streaming via Decibel.
A video for “Leaning On A Bear” debuted last month and is viewable here. Directed by Chris Martin,
Rosalie said of the video's setting: “We found this great place in Brixton,
South London called Café Cairo that look as though it has been transplanted
there from the souk in Marrakesh.” The clip gives a perfect visual to the
band’s trippy psychedelia, or as they call it “vaudeville carny psych.”
The Circle and The Blue Door will be streaming in its entirety next
week via Spin. Pre-orders of The Circle and The Blue Door are available via
Metal Blade at this link: www.metalblade.com/purson. Purson will make their debut U.S.
performances this fall with tour dates forthcoming.
