Name: Pure Music
Brand: Strange Ranger

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-FTK-254IE

Colour

Turquoise

Colour details

Transparent Sea Foam&nbsp;

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Indie Exclusive

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

634457138162

Total Cap

9999

Turquoise LP

Artist

Strange Ranger

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Fire Talk

<p>Strange Ranger (fka Sioux Falls) is an Indie-Rock/Post-Punk band originally from Montana and now based in Portland, Oregon. Formed by Isaac Eiger and Fred Nixon in 2009 during their high school years, the duo's shared passion for early Modest Mouse brought them together. Seeking a more vibrant music scene, they relocated to Portland where they faced challenges before achieving success with their debut album "Rot Forever" under the name Sioux Falls in 2016. This breakthrough earned them recognition as one of Consequence of Sound's 'Top 50 Albums of 2016.' Renaming themselves Strange Ranger, they released the EP "Sunbeams Through Your Head," which was praised by Stereogum as one of "Great EPs from 2016." Their impressive releases led Stereogum to dub Strange Ranger as one of "2016's Best New Bands."</p>

On Pure Music, Strange Ranger’s new album out on Fire Talk, the band indulges an obsession with Loveless, but they infiltrate any comparison to shoegaze with overtures to disco, house, and experimental pop. The Talk Talk inspired pean to isolation “Way Out” features a moody saxophone, while “She’s On Fire” is only a rock song until just after the midway point, when the drums throb, the snare skitters then snaps, and suddenly, you’re in a sweaty pit of swaying bodies dancing as dual vocals harmonize, “I would have thought the rhythm of the club might lead me somewhere. Pure Music embodies that manic state through interstitial interludes laced with YouTube samples that connect each track to the next so as to submerge the listener in its world, one that rewards catharsis. The alienated might gaze through panes of glass eternally, without breaching the gap between the self and the destabilizing chaos of the world beyond. Riding the train across the East River in the early morning, one witnesses thousands of individual stories, each contained within a glowing square of light, and it's a comfort to know that soon, those strangers will emerge from their solitude to rejoin the city. “Music makes us transcend the feeling of being alienated from or trapped by the world,” the band says. “I want the experience of listening to Pure Music to be euphoric.” Recorded by the band, mixed by Al Carlson and mastered by Joe LaPorta.

Pure Music

Music US

Discover Pure Music by Strange Ranger on Fire Talk. Indulge in their obsession with Loveless, blending shoegaze with disco, house, and experimental pop. Available in LP and CD formats.