Priestess

 

Sometimes it takes a new remix of a song to remind you of the original. This happened the last time when I got aware that Pumarosa's debut single from 2015 was re-released in a new mix. Pumarosa is a five-piece electro-post-punk band from London. Their sound is hard to describe and roams the shores of art-pop and post-wave in a hypnotic mixture of sermon-like spoken word and synth beats. 

Pumarosa - Priestess

Priestess

The recent days I heard about the new album by Pumarosa, another band from London. I got aware of them a few years ago when they released their last album. I don't know the whole album but there was one song that I played often in these days and I ask myself why I Priestess didn't appear on this site until know. The band call their sound Industrial Spirit but for me it is like Siouxsie singing on an magic dance track with the help of tempered electric guitars.

And for those who want to know how they sound a few years later - here is their newest single:

Pumarosa

Another new band was introduced on Austrian radio station a few days ago. Pumarosa is named by a South American fruit and the word stands for 'rose apple'. This London based band was formed by Isabel Munoz-Newsome a few years ago and they call their sound 'industrial spiritual' and I have to admit that I had no idea what they sound like. All the songs are dominated by the voice of Munoz-Newsome, something between Siouxie Sioux, Savages' Jenny Beth and Kate Bush. I can  hear a lot of influences of post-punk and shoegaze in their sound and it is a pleasure listen to them. 

Today is ascension day and it's a bank holiday at my place. Most of the people celebrate this day as father's day. A lot of young people will charge their handcart with beer and a bluetooth equipment wandering around the open landscape. Me I will go and meet a couple of friends later this day for hanging around in one of our beergardens.