Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 29/04/2016
Label: Spinefarm Records
With all ten songs covering a wide range of sounds and with their
anchor firmly planted in the soil of a 1970’s rock garden, the variety within
offers solid coverage for various genres. Throughout the album they cleverly
combine flecks of The Beatles and Iron Butterfly, with Jazz and Prog to create
this smorgasbord of tunage, underpinned by superb production, the result is a
warm, organic sound, with complex arrangements and superb melodies producing a rich
musical landscape.
“Desire’s Magic Theatre” CD//DD//LP track Listing
1). Desire's Magic
Theatre
2). Electric Landlady
3). Dead Dodo Down
4). Pedigree Chums
5). The Skye Parade
6). The Window Cleaner
7). The Way it is
8). Mr. Howard
9). I Know
10). The Bitter Suite
The Review:
Purson
made their presence known, as they emerged on the scene three years ago with
their highly acclaimed debut “The Circle
And The Blue Door”, gaining mass applause as well as hordes of fans with
their impressive talent. A band that
amalgamated prog, hard rock and psychedelia with more
flair than a pair of 70’s bell bottoms their second album was eagerly awaited
by many.
From the off, the signature Purson funk is evident, lighting up the
speakers with charm, sophistication and shrouded in the heady scent of
sandalwood incense, taking the listener on a chilled out, vibe filled trip. Rosalie
Cunningham; singer extraordinaire imbues each lyric with soulful underpinnings,
harmonising beautifully to produce a tour de force of excellence, through mind
boggling melodies and effervescent sound penetrating the ears as well as the
psyche.
The standout track for me is “Electric Landlady”, a twinkly, funk laden “In A Gadda Da Vida” style throw down with flecks of Hendrix(of
course). An ultra-catchy, fuzzy, pop filled number that will fast become an ear
worm. “The Window Cleaner” is a
mixture of hazy, chilled out verses and brain fogged choruses and “I Know” a sombre acoustic-tinged
balled playing on the heart strings. A full eight minutes of “The Bitter Suite” is pure prog
perfection really pushing the band firmly into the memory banks of progliness.
With all ten songs covering a wide range of sounds and with
their anchor firmly planted in the soil of a 1970’s rock garden, the variety
within offers solid coverage for various genres. Throughout the album they
cleverly combine flecks of The Beatles and Iron Butterfly, with Jazz and
Prog to create this smorgasbord of tunage, underpinned by superb production,
the result is a warm, organic sound, with complex arrangements and superb
melodies producing a rich musical landscape.
“Desire’s Magic Theatre” is available here
