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SUMMARY:ProgMotion: PURE REASON REVOLUTION | Support: t.b.a.
LOCATION:Club Zentral
DESCRIPTION:“My initial thought of an angel was the cute kind of cherub\,
  but traditionally angels aren't cute or comforting figures\,” says Jon 
 Courtney. “They’re often overwhelming\, terrifying beings.” It’s a
  dramatic\, awe-inspiring vision for Pure Reason Revolution’s new album
 \, Terrifying Angels . Following the somewhat gentler\, moving themes of s
 orrow and transience guiding 2024’s Coming up to Consciousness \, the ne
 w sound is dark and potent\, full of savage riffs\, ominous soundscapes\, 
 and thrashing\, grungy layers – melded\, of course\, with the band’s s
 ignature transcendent harmonies. “The last record was more chill\, so it
  just felt terribly natural to do something grittier\, heavier and more ag
 gressive\,” Courtney explains. He’s PRR’s lead writer\, but he’s b
 y no means the only creative contributor to Terrifying Angels . The album 
 features collaborations with old friends and new partners alike. The epony
 mous song was born out of a jam session in Portland\, Oregon\, with foundi
 ng bandmate Greg Jong\, who also co-wrote “Rumination Ruin”. Meanwhile
  “Haywire Heart” and “Hold Your Wrath” – respectively the shorte
 st and longest tracks in PRR’s discography – were both written alongsi
 de Paul Mullen\, the alt-rock legend who fronted Losers and Yourcodenameis
 :milo. Finally\, “Below Radiance” grew out of a section from a composi
 tion by Courtney’s mentee Kenny Fitzgerald. “I'm increasingly becoming
  open to collaborations\,” Courtney says. “I used to spend a lot more 
 time in the studio by myself\, in pursuit of perfection\, but now I'm more
  in search of what's fun\, what's rewarding. Rather than blood sweat and t
 ears\, I really enjoy working with other people\, bouncing ideas\, and hav
 ing their fresh perspective.” The album was largely recorded by Courtney
 \, with Annicke Shireen contributing her incredible vocal talent to a PRR 
 record for the second time\, in a five-day studio session in Berlin. “It
 ’s a pretty intense job and we made long days\,” says the singer\, als
 o known for her solo work\, Shireen\, and as part of Heilung. “I was hea
 vily on meds because of a throat infection\, so I’m really happy how it 
 turned out. It's always inspiring to do these days\, and to creatively spa
 r with Jon.” Ravi Kesavaram\, acclaimed drummer of My Vitriol\, also ret
 urned for his second PRR album\, laying down his parts remotely in his att
 ic. Rounding out the list of important collaborators on the album are Mari
 usz Duda (Lunatic Soul) and Kristoffer Gildenlöw\, who both contribute ba
 ss to the record\, while Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) once again take
 s care of the mix. As for the terrifying angels themselves\, Courtney expl
 ains that the initial inspiration came from a sermon he heard at an Easter
  service in Berlin\, an experience that sparked the work’s spiritual dim
 ension. The album’s lyrics explore angels as an idea that combines both 
 salvation and destruction – symbolising situations\, feelings and relati
 onships that produce both transcendence and suffering simultaneously. A te
 rrifying angel is an inversion of expectations: something we assume would 
 be purely good having an unexpectedly darker side that can’t be separate
 d from the light. Love\, memory\, truth\, and identity all become their ow
 n kinds of terrifying angel over the LP’s seven varied tracks. Such huge
 \, epochal themes and spectacular imagery are the perfect complement to th
 e heavy grandeur of the music\, with classic grunge like Nirvana\, Smashin
 g Pumpkins and Mudhoney mentioned as influences. According to Shireen: “
 The lyrics are complex and there are many ways to interpret them\, because
  there’s a lot of symbolic meaning. Parts really resonated with me – t
 he world is built on a system which is rotten to the core but still holds 
 up a facade of shininess.” Courtney’s final word: “ Terrifying Angel
 s is about encountering forces that appear redemptive and discovering that
  transformation is never gentle. The album follows a narrator who repeated
 ly mistakes salvation for safety\, only to learn that the forces that save
  us are often the same forces that undo us. Ultimately\, he must reach a d
 eeper understanding by accepting complexity.” https://www.purereasonrevo
 lutionofficial.com\n\nBoletos: https://loveyourartist.com/events/progmotio
 n-pure-reason-stuttgart-EGOCLLR
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