Purson

While her previous band, Ipso Facto, always had a sense of drama about it, Rosalie Cunningham moved into an even more theatrical direction with the formation of Purson -- she describes the band as specializing in "vaudeville carny psych." Exploring the world of proto-metal, the English group weaves together influences like Cream, Deep Purple, and Jethro Tull into a quasi-mystical pastiche of psychedelic wonder made up of fuzzed-out guitars and Wurlitzer organs. Purson's full-length debut, the well-received The Circle and the Blue Door, arrived on Metal Blade in 2013. 2016 saw ...