Terrifying Angels Pure Reason Revolution

• 1 Spin Like Fire 03:31
• 2 Black-Arrow Acrobats 08:38
• 3 Haywire Heart 02:42
• 4 Terrifying Angels 12:26
• 5 Rumination Ruin 04:25
• 6 Below Radiance 03:34
• 7 Hold Your Wrath 14:45
• Total Runtime 50:01

Info for Terrifying Angels

The prog-alternative rock band PURE REASON REVOLUTION are back with their new album, "Terrifying Angels".

“My initial thought of an angel was the cute kind of cherub, but traditionally angels aren't comforting figures,” says Jon Courtney. “They’re often overwhelming, terrifying beings.” That idea inspires Pure Reason Revolution’s new album, Terrifying Angels. Following the reflective Coming Up to Consciousness, the band returns with a darker, heavier sound, combining crushing riffs, ominous atmospheres and grunge influences with their signature vocal harmonies. “The last record was more chill, so it felt natural to do something grittier and more aggressive,” Courtney explains. Collaboration played a significant role in the writing, with founding member Greg Jong, Paul Mullen (Losers, Yourcodenameis:milo) and Kenny Fitzgerald contributing alongside Courtney. Vocalist Annicke Shireen and drummer Ravi Kesavaram deliver powerful performances, while Mariusz Duda (Lunatic Soul) and Kristoffer Gildenlöw make guest bass appearances. The album explores angels as symbols of both salvation and destruction. Across seven tracks, themes of love, memory, truth and identity reveal that the forces which transform us are often the same ones that wound us. “Terrifying Angels is about encountering forces that appear redemptive and discovering that transformation is never gentle,” says Courtney. “The forces that save us are often the same forces that undo us.” Mixed by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief).

Jon Courtney, lead vocals, guitar, bass, keys, percussion, production
Ravi Kesavaram, drums
Annike Shireen, vocals
Greg Jong, guitar
Mariusz Duda, bass
Kristoffer Gildenlöw, bass

Pure Reason Revolution
are Progressive Rock Group formed at University of Westminster in London, UK. Their prog rock style incorporates elements of electro music also.

Pure Reason Revolution cite their influences as (to quote their myspace bio)… “ELO, Smashing Pumpkins, Soulwax, Depeche Mode and The Beach Boys all at once. Yet make sense of a vision that brings those disparate voices together into a sound that combines electronic dance rhythms, pop hooks and sublime vocal harmonies with huge rock riffs.”

This album contains no booklet.