Unspun Heroes - Puressence, 'Puressence'

Digging up treasure from the depths of our record collections Formed in 1991, Puressence are the great lost Manchester band, who arrived just too late to capitalise on the Madchester boom. Whereas their idols The Stone Roses articulated the E-fuelled transcendence and bravado that characterised that scene, Puressence sketched the bleak comedown that followed, all icy atmospheres, cavernous reverb and self-doubt. [...] Read more!

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