Leanings
I ordered my limited edition vinyl copy of this single
yesterday – sadly missing out on the green or purple versions – and am looking
forward to the release of their debut album The
Circle and the Blue Door on the 29th April, hoping to get a special vinyl
of that, here.
New to a new generation of psychedelic freaks, Purson is so
steeped in 70s psychedelic/prog rock as if teleported to the present from
Curved Air’s musical consciousness of their heyday, though the reference is
much more simply, and plausibly, the uncanny resemblance of singer Rosalie
Cunningham’s vocal to Sonja Kristina’s. Less classical and rock in the band’s
overall sound [able to hear a variety online], that distinctive vocal is underpinned
by a prog rock base [elements of Nice and Affinity] – a sound the band terms vaudeville carny psych. Absolutely brilliant for nostalgic
listeners like myself, even if I don’t understand their description.
Purson has been performing with fellow psychedelic
exponents Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats who I have also been listening to and
will review. Exciting times.
The single can be heard here.
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