The Exchange, May 30th 2022
| PUPPY release the computer game influenced video for single ‘Glacial’ Brand new album ‘Pure Evil’ out now through Rude Records Their UK headline tour is currently in full flow, with their London show at The Garage on May 31st now adding Zetra as an extra support The band will be at both Outbreak and 2000trees Festivals this summer |
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| PUPPY have revealed their latest music video, this time for current single ‘Glacial’. Directed and edited by Will Michael from the band, with all animation being created by friend and artist, Sam Bailey. As the band explain, “This was our second collaboration with our good friend Sam Bailey, who also animated the title sequence for the ‘Arabella’ (from EP Vol II) video. Sam was really into the aesthetic of late 90’s computer game graphics and did an incredible job of animating the entire sequence we dreamed up to beautiful low poly perfection. “For this video we wanted to create something that felt like the end credit scene from a video game that never existed. Games of the early 3D era often had really ambitious ending sequences that served as a reward for completing the game, they usually ended with the message “Thanks for playing”, and since Glacial would be the last single to come off Pure Evil we thought it was an appropriate sentiment.” PUPPY released their brand new album ‘Pure Evil’ earlier this month through Rude Records. Following on from their debut ‘The Goat’ in 2019, ‘Pure Evil’ sees the band continue on their path of fusing metal riffs with ethereal melodies but this time taking complete control and self producing the whole record. It is an exceptional record filled with the kind of heaviosity usually reserved for bands many more albums deep.’Pure Evil’ has had a slew of singles that preceded its release, including the Radio 1 Rock Show premiered ‘Angel’ and ‘….and watched it glow’ (which also had its video premiered through Brooklyn Vegan), ‘Shame’ (which was premiered through Revolver Magazine) and the monstrous ‘The Kiss’ that saw radio support with Radio 1 (Dan Carter, Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders and Nels Hylton), Radio 2 Rock Show, 6music Iggy pop, Kerrang! Radio and more. ‘Shame’ video premier – REVOLVER MAGAZINE ‘….and watched it glow’ video premier – BROOKLYN VEGAN ‘My Offer’ video premier – FLOOD MAGAZINE Live wise, the band are currently at the mid way point on their own UK headline tour, which includes the shows previously postponed from their December 2021 tour. Inhuman Nature are supporting on all dates with the added extra bonus of Zetra being now added to the London show at The Garage on May 31st. PUPPY have also recently been announced on this summers 2000trees Festival (via Kerrang! as part of this years ‘7 Days Of Trees’ roll out), at Outbreak Festival in Manchester at the end of June and on Bigfoot Festival in Bucks in June. The full list of PUPPY May ‘Pure Evil’ headline dates are below. Support from Inhuman Nature (Manchester-London) MAY 2022 Thurs 26th May – The Deaf Institute, Manchester Fri 27th May – Jericho Tavern, Oxford Sat 28th May – The Joiners, Southampton Mon 30th May – The Exchange, Bristol Tues 31st May – The Garage, London (with Inhuman Nature & Zetra) PUPPY are: Jock Norton – Guitars, Vocals Billy Howard – Drums Will Michael – Bass, Vocals—————————– A little bit about PUPPY: PUPPY formed in 2015 when school friends Jock Norton (vocals, guitar) and Billy Howard (drums) met bass player Will Michael while working in a London bar; the three bonded by playing the soundtrack to cult 80s comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and figuring out that Norton and Michael’s voices worked nicely together on Karaoke versions of Van Halen & Metallica. Later that same year, the band released their eponymous debut EP, a joyful blend of swooning Power Pop and beer-guzzling Heavy Metal, that quickly earned comparisons to acts like The Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr and ‘Weezer fronted by Papa Emiritus of Ghost’ (Noisey). Early tracks “Forever” and “The Great Beyond” were picked up and used in the mammoth video game series Guitar Hero, opening up the fledgling group up to a huge new audience and satisfying their axe wielding inner-children at the same time. A second EP quickly followed in 2016, and “Vol ii” saw the band take their first major steps into the live sphere, with UK festival appearances at Download and 2000 Trees, rounding out a healthy run of tours with acts like Creeper and CKY. In between European tours with Kvelertak and Turbowolf, the band retreated to the studio in England to begin work on their debut album. The result of a lengthy recording process with producers Tom Dalgety (Ghost, Royal Blood), Neil Kennedy (Creeper, Boston Manor) and mixer Adrien Bushby (Placebo, Foo Fighters), The Goat was released in January 2019, while the band were midway through an epic European tour with Monster Magnet. The album received rave reviews and cemented Puppy’s status as the oddballs of up & coming Heavy music. In support of the album, the band recorded a live set at BBC’s iconic Maida Vale studios (their second), and racked up festival appearances everywhere from Glastonbury to Bloodstock Open Air. That year also saw PUPPY travel to the US for the first time, selling out a headline show in Brooklyn’s iconic St Vitus Bar for Revolver Magazine, as well as heading to Texas for that year’s SXSW festival. Without missing a beat, the band saw out the year by releasing a surprise EP, ‘iii’, which drew inspiration from their favourite Steve Albini led productions of the 80’s and 90’s, stripping their dense sound back to its rawest components. The band then set out on a lengthy European run with Norwegian stoner-punks Bokassa to promote the record before returning home to begin writing again for their 2nd full length album. BRISTOL TICKETS |