Here’s a post-Britpop treat for you from Oldham’s often overlooked Puressence. ‘This Feeling’ scaled the dizzy heights of no. 33 in the UK charts but it is still their biggest “hit” in their homeland.
Thankfully the good people of Greece have played a major part in sustaining the career of Puressence; their third album, 2002’s ‘Planet Helpless’ making it to No. 4 over there. ‘This Feeling’ is a memorable video with the band surrounded by a Wall Of Death. It’s a strong visual image, neatly summing up the real adrenalin rush of this exciting song.
Puressence were initially lumped in with Radiohead as a new angsty act. There’s some truth in that but the anthemic quality to their songs, guitar work to rival The Chameleons and James Mudriczki’s powerful vocals (I can only think of Geneva’s Andrew Montgomery as a close soundalike) meant that whilst they had their influences, they have always had their trademark sound.
Pleasingly, after a long time without a record label, Puressence returned earlier this year with their fourth album ‘Don’t Forget To Remember’. I hope to review this in the future although I don’t think it matches the excellence of their first three albums.
Web Sites:
Puressence Official Site
Puressence MySpace
Review:
Puressence - Planet Helpless
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