Pure Reason Revolution have dropped their new single and video titled ‘Spin Like Fire’, from their upcoming album ‘Terrifying Angels’, releasing September 25th via Inside Out Music.
After spending the last album wandering through grief with quiet confidence, Pure Reason Revolution have apparently decided that subtlety has had enough screen time. ‘Spin Like Fire’ kicks the door off its hinges and leaves it smoldering on the lawn. Every crushing riff feels earned instead of forced, every layer of distortion has a purpose, and the band’s trademark vocal harmonies still glide through the chaos like they own the place. Funny how a band can sound heavier than ever while making it all seem ridiculously effortless.
The accompanying video understands exactly what the song demands. Mood takes priority over cheap spectacle, building an atmosphere that feels claustrophobic without becoming cartoonishly gloomy. Rather than throwing random visual effects at the screen in hopes of looking profound, it lets the music carry the emotional weight. That is becoming a rare skill in an era where too many videos seem designed by people who mistake a glitch filter for artistic vision.
What really makes ‘Spin Like Fire’ hit is the balance. Jon Courtney, Annicke Shireen, and Ravi Kesavaram refuse to choose between progressive ambition and raw aggression because they know they can have both. Savage guitars crash into ominous textures while soaring melodies refuse to disappear beneath the noise. Plenty of bands advertise themselves as progressive. Far fewer remember that memorable songs are supposed to exist somewhere underneath all the cleverness.
If this track is an accurate preview of ‘Terrifying Angels’, releasing September 25, then Pure Reason Revolution are not interested in repeating themselves or cashing in on nostalgia. They have taken everything that made their recent work compelling and run it through a furnace until it came out leaner, meaner, and infinitely more dangerous. ‘Spin Like Fire’ is the sound of a band reminding everyone that evolution beats comfort every single time.
About Pure Reason Revolution
Following the somewhat gentler, moving themes of sorrow and transience guiding 2024’s ‘Coming up to Consciousness’, the new sound is dark and potent, full of savage riffs, ominous soundscapes, and thrashing, grungy layers – melded, of course, with the band’s signature transcendent harmonies. “The last record was more chill, so it just felt terribly natural to do something grittier, heavier and more aggressive,” Courtney explains.
The core trio of Jon Courtney, Annicke Shireen & Ravi Kesavaram are joined by a cast of collaborators for the album, featuring old friends and new partners alike. The eponymous song was born out of a jam session in Portland, Oregon, with founding bandmate Greg Jong, who also co-wrote “Rumination Ruin”. Meanwhile “Haywire Heart” and “Hold Your Wrath” – respectively the shortest and longest tracks in PRR’s discography – were both written alongside Paul Mullen, the alt-rock legend who fronted Losers and Yourcodenameis:milo. Finally, “Below Radiance” grew out of a section from a composition by Courtney’s mentee Kenny Fitzgerald.
The album also features bass contributions from Mariusz Duda (Lunatic Soul) and Kristoffer Gildenlöw, while mixing duties are once again handled by Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief.
‘Terrifying Angels’ Tracklist
- Spin Like Fire
- Black-Arrow Acrobats
- Haywire Heart
- Terrifying Angels
- Rumination Ruin
- Below Radiance
- Hold Your Wrath
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