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Label

Fiction

Pumarosa

The Witch

It’s two years since Psych pop band Pumarosa formed, but you’d be forgiven for thinking they hadn’t spent a day apart. Razor-sharp and accomplished, they play like they’ve rehearsed for years without pause. Isabel and Nicholas started the band by chance. A friend was eager to start a new music project and invited the two to come and play, but said friend never showed up. Instead, the pair were left to lay the foundations of what would become Pumarosa. When an album lands, it’s set to encompass the journey Pumarosa have taken so far. From stuffy practice rooms to disused cinemas, right through to every stage they’ve graced in the past year, there’s been a learning process, and that will in part inform an eventual full-length. These songs have always been alive, in a way. Instead of being written, recorded and put to bed, they’ve re-developed, changing in scope as the band have progressed. The album encompasses the journey Pumarosa have taken so far. It sounds like PJ Harvey or Patti Smith together with the groove-led and nocturnal electronics of The Knife and Cocteau Twins.

Tracklist

• 1. Dragonfly
  2. Honey
  3. The Witch
  4. Priestess
  5. Lions' Den
  6. My Gruesome Loving Friend
  7. Red
  8. Barefoot
  9. Hollywood
  10. Snake