Purling Hiss - High Bias ((CD))

Its dark outside our window, with thunder echoing over the horizona familiar rumble, but we cant tell where its headed. Does this mean Purling Hiss are coming back our way? Among other things, YES. High Bias is in the air.  Theres no place like America today but thats been true of our lunatic colony for a long time. Purling Hiss have floated through the sewer of US culture their whole lives. Growing up in a time like the 80s made a professional dreamer out of Mike Polizze, fueling a desire to escape to the perfect world where music amplifies the pain or just plain DROWNS IT OUT.  Since 2009, the fuzzing rock power of Purling Hiss has taken many different forms, all emanating from of Polizzes instinctive approach to playing guitar, writing songs and hooking a feeling from disparate memories, sensations and desired effects. At times carefree and apparently footloose in the world, other times intensely focused and wrathful, Purling Hiss are the orphaned kids of last centurys rock and roll generations, lost in a society that has forgotten its way but determined to find their feet again.  High Bias moves with rageful, dazed humor and soulfulness against the darkening times in which we find ourselves. With no way out, Purling Hiss hit todays bullshit head-on, employing pounding psych-rock and punk effects, slipping signature Hissian backup oo- oo-oohs and Polizzes blistering guitar pile-ups in a full-bodied, head-ripping brew.  Mike puts together a Purling Hiss album as a whole thing, with songs striking defiant and wistful tones in turn, mixing in odes to impermanence, spite- filled rebellion and bemused recollections along the way. High Bias kicks off at 11, blowing with first take energy into a mood of ominous portent. Right away, the power of the band all together is sickthe guys that came on for Weirdon have grown into a full-fledged Purling Hiss, with Ben and Dan feeding off each other, providing fresh rhythm ground for the songs to romp over. This creates seamless motion between disparate styles, from streamlined futurist radio- wave to blatzing punk, sweet indie-pop song craft and barely-contained group riffage. Side one closes with Teddys Servo Motors, a Milk-Carton Kids/Teddy Ruxpin-haunted fever dream. This was the volcanic headwater of High Bias, a post-tour jam after the end of the Weirdon cycle that pointed the way to a new combination of pop and trash fully loaded with favorite reference points and forgotten ephemera from former eras. Throughout the album, Purling Hiss modulate styles and inspirations, drawing influence from different eras of rock, treasuring bubblegummy moments (like the incredibly sweet Follow You Around and the cheeky Get Your Way

• Genre: Rock
• Format Detail: CD
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Released: 10/14/16
• Format: CD