Pure

by Peter Gutteridge

Pure cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Xpressway
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Length: 52:20
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Initially distributed entirely on cassette, this deeply personal solo outing from the Clean co-founder is a masterpiece of New Zealand lo-fi experimentation. 'Pure' weaves heavily distorted, buzzing keyboards and primitive drum machines with vulnerable, deeply melodic slacker rock songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, lo-fi, distorted, experimental, DIY

Tracklist

  1. Lonely (2:19)
  2. Exhibition I (3:12)
  3. First Instrumental (1:40)
  4. Hang On (2:16)
  5. Ocean (2:28)
  6. Dead Pony (2:14)
  7. Fuck Your Mother To Hell (1:12)
  8. Suicide (1:29)
  9. Oil (1:37)
  10. Pure (No. 1) (4:36)
  11. Thumbaline (2:14)
  12. Cause Of You (2:00)
  13. Rubout (1:52)
  14. Planet Phrom (2:34)
  15. Sand (4:02)
  16. Exhibition II (1:43)
  17. Having Fun (1:43)
  18. Bomb (5:44)
  19. Fifty-Seven Seconds (0:57)
  20. Chinese Garden (2:55)
  21. Pure (No. 2) (3:33)

Credits

  • Russell Moses - drums [machine]
  • Alan Haig - drums
  • Dominic Stones - guitar
  • Christine Voice - guitar, vocals
  • George Henderson - guitar
  • Bruce Mahalski - vocals

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