The PurrsTearing Down Paisley Garden
Self-Released [2010]
Fire Note Says: The Purrs find the right groove again on their newly released mini-album!
Album Review:
Tearing Down Paisley Garden is a seven song mini-album from Seattle's The Purrs that essentially will hold over fans, as the group continues to work on their next full-length recording. That does not mean that this release is not worthy of your attention because it follows the style and groove of last year's excellent Amused, Confused & More Bad News [2009]. The band offers up several covers like the opening track "Only Dreaming", which was originally an 80's hit by Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry and "I Move Around" from legendary country singer Lee Hazlewood. Both are entertaining but the real fun is on The Purrs originals, as the band newly recorded live favorite "Just A Little More", which is one of the best tracks they have released with its confident drone swagger of a chorus line and the alternate backing vocals, that let you join in as the song builds in intensity. That urgency is what makes a Purrs release stick as Tearing Down Paisley Garden has an undertone of grit, just the right amount of reverb and plenty of smoldering hooks to take you on their psych-rock ride journey and not really care if you ever return!
Key Tracks: "Just A Little More", "Always Something In My Way", "I'm Slipping"
Bands With Similar Fire:
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Lou Reed
Lab Partners
The Purrs: Amused, Confused & More Bad News [Fire Note Review 8/18/09]
The Purrs: The Chemistry That Keeps Us Together [Fire Note Review 11/9/07]
The Purrs: The Purrs [Fire Note Review 9/15/06]
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-Reviewed by Christopher Anthony
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