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░ ██ ██ Artist: Purson ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Desire's Magic Theatre █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-07-03 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Psychedelic Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Spinefarm Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Purson are one of the most interesting bands in █
█ rock and roll, and having just toured the US with █
█ Ghost they are getting ready to head back with the █
█ peerless The Sword. This is a band who reek of █
█ rock and roll, with their weird attire, distinct █
█ aesthetic and a sound that is quite honestly █
█ timeless. Their sophomore release, Desire's Magic █
█ Theatre, is their coming of age, a record that █
█ starts off with a ballad to DMT and gets better █
█ from there. This is a psychedelic rock and roll █
█ dream, creepy, powerful and spiritually upliftingà █
█ the band has gone above and beyond with this █
█ release. Everything about it from the songwriting █
█ to the production values is a testament to the █
█ enormous travail that it represents, and hints at █
█ the elevated place in the world of rock and roll █
█ that Purson so evidently deserve. With so much █
█ rock music falling into stoner rock oblivion, █
█ Purson remain iconoclastic and over the top. With █
█ Desire's Magic Theatre they may have just taken █
█ their rightful place as one of the modern masters █
█ of rock and roll. █
█ One of the things that has always captured my █
█ imagination with Purson is their ability to reek █
█ of class while simultaneously infusing their music █
█ with creepy, almost witchy elements. The eroticism █
█ and magic dripping off of frontwoman Rosalie █
█ Cunningham's vocals in songs like "Electric █
█ Landlady" is a key part of this, as is the magical █
█ synth playing. It allows the band to strike a █
█ balance between dark and light, arena rock and █
█ dorky basement worship. As much as Purson might █
█ want to be Led Zeppelin, they've done their █
█ homework, and Desire's Magic Theatre proves that █
█ they are a part of a larger female rock tradition █
█ with strong roots infused in bands like Coven and █
█ maybe even Black Widow. While at times Purson do █
█ fall into old school worship and leave you craving █
█ for fresher meats, the majority of the record has █
█ wonderfully innovative vibe. Though things are █
█ steeped in familiar sounds, Purson are clearly █
█ their own thing and loving every minute of it. █
█ Purson are obviously still expanding their sound █
█ and it's easy for them to get caught in familiar █
█ tropes that some of their more evolved peers might █
█ avoid. That doesn't mean that Desire's Magic █
█ Theatre is a dull listenà it isn't by any stretch █
█ of the imagination. In fact the band's ability to █
█ traverse the different sides of rock and roll is █
█ endlessly promising, and it is shockingly easy to █
█ get lost in the band's very distinct soundscapes. █
█ Purson are one of the most exciting bands on the █
█ modern rock scene because of their ability to find █
█ balance. They represent a way forward in a genre █
█ that many critics have dubbed as dead. Why? █
█ Because they write their own rules and don't feel █
█ the pressures their stoner rock peers are beholden █
█ to. Little matter if these rules happen to reflect █
█ their musical heritage or not, Purson are simply █
█ that badass. If you can find the chance to dive █
█ into the sheer poetry of sound that they have █
█ cultivated here then you are only going to fall █
█ ever more in love with a band, and a genre that is █
█ destined to save the world. █
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░ 1. Desire's Magic Theatre 6:11 ░
░ 2. Electric Landlady 3:53 ░
░ 3. Dead Dodo Down 3:10 ░
░ 4. Pedigree Chums 3:57 ░
░ 5. The Sky Parade 5:16 ░
░ 6. The Window Cleaner 3:28 ░
░ 7. The Way it is 2:41 ░
░ 8. Mr. Howard 4:08 ░
░ 9. I Know 4:20 ░
░ 10. The Bitter Suite 7:10 ░
░ 44:14 ░
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