Purson

"Even by the kaleidoscopic standards of their peers, there’s a potency
to Purson, a striking, irreducible otherness that suggests new, vivid
standard bearers are upon us" - Metal Hammer Magazine

" Prog, psych and pop are just some of the ingredients stirred into cauldron
that is Purson’s striking debut album – after beginning with the reverse-reverbed acoustic guitar of Wake Up Sleepy Head it soon casts its rare, mesmerizing hex. Cunningham’s sense of drama brings gothic gravity to
a raft of songs which, while catchy, are rooted in the doomier soil of
rocks garden" - Classic Rock Magazine

"Purson occupy that space where the shadows cast by candlelight
loom large across everything. Do give them your attention" - Classic Rock presents Prog Magazine

"Named after the demonological Great King of Hell, Purson conjure a heady,
magikal concoction that recalls Deep Purple, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane
and the anxious, mythological folk reckonings of Comus" - Mojo Magazine

"London Hippie Mod Psych out the Midlands!!"

"I'm sorry we're not doom" apologises Rosalie Cunningham after coming on after a day of ball-busting, ultra-heavy doomsters, it might seem like Purson - with their acoustic guitars psych keyboards and Rosalie's gypsy-hippy vibes - have turned up to the wrong gig. But their rootsy riffs and Rosalie's dreamy solos and vocals are just as close to Sabbath's blueprint and influences as todays heavyweights. Rosalie looks like a model from a 1960s holiday brochure, all slim beauty, long hair and mystical vibe, while the rest of the band look like Sabbath's first roadies. The music, meanwhile, is a stoned swirl of Iommi-ish riffs, the Beatles' pop nous, offbeat psychedelia, and in Rosalie's stunning voice, the soulfulness of folk. It may not rumble like thunder, but the heavy riffs of Spiderwood Farm and the Contract's smouldering groove smell enough like vintage Sabbath (and patchouli) to have even the hardest-eared doomsters falling at Purson's feet. It's a magical mystery tour through the roots of heaviness and it's bloody fantastic!'

4/5 K's - Kerrang