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Puro Instinct [MPFree]

Tom Jenkins | Tuesday 4 January, 2011 08:45

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Many an eardrum pulsated to the sound of shimmering, California dream-pop during 2010. Ballsy ladies with guitars made grown men want to drop-out, move to LA and take up weed smoking again (or was that just me?). Unfortunately, debut efforts by the likes of Best Coast and Warpaint lacked substance. Puro Instinct hope to change all that with ‘Headbangers In Ecstasy’, released February 22nd on Mexican Summer.

Formerly Pearl Harbor, sisters Skylar and Piper—with a little help from Ariel Pink—have been described as “somewhere between The Pale Saints and a dreamy Chris Rea covers band”, which is a bigger compliment than it sounds. ‘Stilyagi’ is the first single from ‘Headbangers… and suggests the band may be a much tighter proposition than some of their peers, though the nonchalant vocals and Fleetwood/Cocteau references are all present and correct.

Puro Instinct – Stilyagi

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