Let Pure Reason Revolution Lead us From the Musical Slum
Pure Reason Revolution recently began a gruelling tour to promote their forthcoming album – details of which have not yet been disclosed – though if the sample tracks are anything to go by promises to be as mind-blowing as their two previous albums, The Dark Third and Amor Vincit Omnia.
For those unfamiliar with Pure Reason Revolution, they are a progressive rock band blending driving guitar riffs with mesmerising electro overtones with a vein of saccharine vocals running through it. If you take tunes from Pink Floyd, Nirvana and Kraftwerk strip them down and rework them through a computer simulator, the end result will be Pure Reason Revolution. To sum them up in one word: amazing.
The PRR tour paid a visit to London and the four-piece graced us with their presence in the cool Hoxton Bar & Grill, promptly treating the packed hall with a set that had us hungry for more. Opening with the weighty Les Malheurs, PRR went on to showcase three new tracks, skilfully sandwiching them between crowd favourites ‘Deus Ex Machina’ and the captivating epic, ‘The Ambassadors of Mourning.’
There is a significant intelligence in the way PRR compile their songs that is sadly lacking from most bands of the modern age – in particularly the monotonous mainstream trash we are subjected to. Profound lyrics delivered with the honey-dripped vocals of Chloe Alper perfectly suit the contrasting voice of Jon Courtney and with driving riffs that make the walls shake, precision drumming and scuzzy synth the cocktail of melodic harmony and throbbing rhythm leave you punch-drunk.
If Pure Reason Revolution is not a band you are familiar with, but like grinding guitars, layered with soaring melodies and sweeping electro overtones, they are definitely a band worth checking out. The first two albums are pure class, the sample tracks from the third album is reason to sit up and sooner rather than later they will kick off a revolution to rid the world of the time wasting three-chord trash music labels insist on churning out. This drivel has already ruined club nights and festivals, don’t let it ruin the future. Pure Reason Revolution will lead the way, all you need to do is follow–