Pumarosa’s Isabel Munoz-Newsome: ‘I didn’t get a smear test because I was embarrassed. Stupid’

Just as her band broke through and began a European tour, the singer was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She talks about her dramatic yearAlmost exactly a year ago, I watched Pumarosa flood the cavernous Oval Space in east London with a swell of moody psych rock, heady and hypnotic on the eve of releasing their debut album, The Witch. The rest of the European tour, followed by festivals and a worldwide slot supporting Depeche Mode, was on the horizon. The band were giddy and, after the gig, thei...

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