Pure X Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/pure-x/ New and independent music Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:09:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pure X Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/pure-x/ 32 32 88787050 Music We Missed in 2020 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2021/01/11/music-we-missed-in-2020/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:40:36 +0000 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/?p=24066 One of the hardest things about running this site is all the great music we are unable to cover. Our inbox is in a perpetual state of bursting at the seams, and we like to spend time with every release we write about. There are simply not enough hours in the day to cover everything we’d like to, and often some of our very favourite releases slip by without a word. That makes us feel bad (and is probably the […]

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]]> One of the hardest things about running this site is all the great music we are unable to cover. Our inbox is in a perpetual state of bursting at the seams, and we like to spend time with every release we write about. There are simply not enough hours in the day to cover everything we’d like to, and often some of our very favourite releases slip by without a word. That makes us feel bad (and is probably the reason we didn’t reply to your email), so we decided to make a slightly different list in lieu of the usual Year End fare.

Here is a list of songs from 2020 that we liked but didn’t get around to writing about.

If you find something you like, follow the link in the embed to support the artists and labels on Bandcamp. And of course, there is a whole year’s worth of pieces on releases we did manage to write about, so have an explore through our reviews, previews and interviews from 2020.

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]]> 24066 The Covers Mix: Volume #8 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2013/05/16/the-covers-mix-volume-8/ Thu, 16 May 2013 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=398 We are pleased to present our eighth volume of the Covers Mix series. Hopefully there is something for everyone here. Tracklisting: 1. I’m Going Down (Bruce Springsteen Cover) – Vampire Weekend 2. Weird Sisters (Sparklehorse Cover) – LØZNINGER 3. Chiamami Adesso (Paolo Conte Cover) – Julia Holter 4. When Rosa Speaks (Pickwick Cover) – Kevin Long 5. Woody (Hayden Cover) – Winter Makes Sailors 6. Cheers (Blake Mills Cover) – Floating Action 7. The Park (Feist Cover) – Anna Scouten […]

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]]> We are pleased to present our eighth volume of the Covers Mix series. Hopefully there is something for everyone here.

Tracklisting:

1. I’m Going Down (Bruce Springsteen Cover) – Vampire Weekend
2. Weird Sisters (Sparklehorse Cover) – LØZNINGER
3. Chiamami Adesso (Paolo Conte Cover) – Julia Holter
4. When Rosa Speaks (Pickwick Cover) – Kevin Long
5. Woody (Hayden Cover) – Winter Makes Sailors
6. Cheers (Blake Mills Cover) – Floating Action
7. The Park (Feist Cover) – Anna Scouten
8. Momma You’ve Been On My Mind (Bob Dylan) – Matthew Ryan
9. Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin Cover) – Horse Feathers
10. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon Cover) – Colossal Gospel
11. Kiss Me (Sixpence None The Richer Cover) – Mikal Cronin
12. Holocene (Bon Iver) – Rounak Maiti
13. One Day At a Time (Willie Nelson Cover) – Pure X
14. Back Home Again (John Denver Cover) – Low
15. Ultraviolence (New Order Cover) – Seekae
16. The Eagle And The Hawk (John Denver Cover) – Bonnie “Prince” Billy
17. Asa (Bry Webb Cover) – Denison Witmer
18. Rust or Gold (Jill Andrews Cover) – Jeremy Squires
19. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover) – Clem Snide
20. Thinking About You (Radiohead Cover) – Hezekiah Jones
21. Surrender (Cheap Trick Cover) – Frightened Rabbit
22. The River (Bruce Springsteen Cover) – Josh Ritter

You know the drill, please support these artists. Go and buy some records, see a show, get a t-shirt, anything to enable them to keep making music.

Previous covers mixes: Volume I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII

The Covers Mix: Volume #8 from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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]]> 398 Pure X https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2011/07/14/pure-x/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=777 I think I’m a little late to the party on this one as these have been receiving plenty of attention from many of the main faces on the ‘blogosphere’. Anyway, Pure X (Formally Pure Ectasy) released their LP ’Pleasure’ on Acephale Records earlier in July. The album is a lovely mix of lo-fi, punk rock and more ambient/chillwave pieces. The record seems to build up nicely to the epic finale, with ‘Dry Ice’ and ‘Half Here’ providing my favourite moments. The album […]

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]]> I think I’m a little late to the party on this one as these have been receiving plenty of attention from many of the main faces on the ‘blogosphere’. Anyway, Pure X (Formally Pure Ectasy) released their LP ’Pleasure’ on Acephale Records earlier in July. The album is a lovely mix of lo-fi, punk rock and more ambient/chillwave pieces. The record seems to build up nicely to the epic finale, with ‘Dry Ice’ and ‘Half Here’ providing my favourite moments.

The album can be streamed on Soundcloud (through Altered Zones), I thoroughly recommend you have a listen.

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