How is it different from your previous albums?<\/strong><\/p>\nJessie sings more, there are a lot more diverse and upbeat songs. The production is a lot better. It’s mostly due to this old Nashville guy with nine Grammys, who is a straight-up genius. He came in and helped us with the mixing and mastering. The last album was done more on the fly, we didn\u2019t have the same level of craftsmanship then. This time we often pieced songs together in the studio. We\u2019ve also become better musicians.<\/p>\n
Where did the new material for your songs come from?<\/strong><\/p>\nLike I said, I went through that shit with my knee, not knowing if I would ever walk again. Everyone in the band had problems at the time, so it got mixed up and reflected in the music. The new album is about diving down, real deep, then coming up and ending on a high note. It’s a complicated beast that reflects the lessons and changes that we\u2019ve been taught over the last few years. People will listen to it on repeat to digest it; it’s like eating a heavy meal.<\/p>\n
Does your music have a spiritual dimension to it? Are you religious?<\/strong><\/p>\nNo, but I was brought up with a very religious background. My father was a preacher, and so was my grandpa, uncle, and stepmum…<\/p>\n
Which is your favourite song on the new album, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe last song, ‘All the Future\/All the Past’. Because it starts one way but ends in a completely other way, but came together beautifully and easily. It encapsulates the whole album in one song.<\/p>\n
Any non-musical influences?<\/strong><\/p>\nCarl Jung\u2019s The Undiscovered Self<\/em>, which blew my mind off its hinges. I\u2019m into the idea of the unconscious speaking through dreams, music.<\/p>\nAre you trying to produce a similarly altered mind-state in the audience?<\/strong><\/p>\nOnce a guy came up to me after a show and told me that it had literally put him into a physical trance, where he lost all concept of time, space, even his own body, and started passing out. I wouldn\u2019t call what we do casting spells, but when we are tapped in, when we are IN it, then the crowd is transformed like alchemy. You take their energy, put it through us, and something changes the whole atmosphere, ideally.<\/p>\n
Is it similar to the effects of taking psychedelic drugs?<\/strong><\/p>\nIt\u2019s like an orgasm, in that its a loss of self. It happens naturally in a show if things are going the way they should.<\/p>\n
Pure X’s new LP ,\u00a0Crawling Up the Stairs (Acephale\/Merok) will be released 14th May.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nWords: Christine Jun<\/a> (Follow Christine on Twitter @christinecocoj<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listening to psychedelic pop band Pure X‘s new album, Crawling Up The Stairs, is pure ecstasy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9419,9412],"tags":[1308,4175],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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