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SUMMARY:Pure Reason Revolution - Terrifying Angels Tour 2027
LOCATION:Club Zentral Stuttgart
DESCRIPTION:"My initial thought of an angel was the cute kind of cherub\, b
 ut traditionally angels aren't cute or comforting figures\,” says Jon Co
 urtney. “They’re often overwhelming\, terrifying beings.” It’s a 
 dramatic\, awe-inspiring vision for Pure Reason Revolution’s new album\,
  Terrifying Angels. Following the somewhat gentler\, moving themes of sor
 row and transience guiding 2024’s Coming up to Consciousness\, the new s
 ound is dark and potent\, full of savage riffs\, ominous soundscapes\, and
  thrashing\, grungy layers – melded\, of course\, with the band’s sign
 ature transcendent harmonies. “The last record was more chill\, so it j
 ust felt terribly natural to do something grittier\, heavier and more aggr
 essive\,” Courtney explains. He’s PRR’s lead writer\, but he’s by
  no means the only creative contributor to Terrifying Angels. The album fe
 atures collaborations with old friends and new partners alike. The eponymo
 us song was born out of a jam session in Portland\, Oregon\, with founding
  bandmate Greg Jong\, who also co-wrote “Rumination Ruin”. Meanwhile 
 “Haywire Heart” and “Hold Your Wrath” – respectively the shortes
 t and longest tracks in PRR’s discography – were both written alongsid
 e Paul Mullen\, the alt-rock legend who fronted Losers and Yourcodenameis:
 milo. Finally\, “Below Radiance” grew out of a section from a composit
 ion by Courtney’s mentee Kenny Fitzgerald. “I'm increasingly becoming
  open to collaborations\,” Courtney says. “I used to spend a lot more 
 time in the studio by myself\, in pursuit of perfection\, but now I'm more
  in search of what's fun\, what's rewarding. Rather than blood sweat and t
 ears\, I really enjoy working with other people\, bouncing ideas\, and hav
 ing their fresh perspective.” The album was largely recorded by Courtne
 y\, with Annicke Shireen contributing her incredible vocal talent to a PRR
  record for the second time\, in a five-day studio session in Berlin. “
 It’s a pretty intense job and we made long days\,” says the singer\, a
 lso known for her solo work\, Shireen\, and as part of Heilung. “I was h
 eavily on meds because of a throat infection\, so I’m really happy how i
 t turned out. It's always inspiring to do these days\, and to creatively s
 par with Jon.”  Ravi Kesavaram\, acclaimed drummer of My Vitriol\, also
  returned for his second PRR album\, laying down his parts remotely in his
  attic. Rounding out the list of important collaborators on the album are
  Mariusz Duda (Lunatic Soul) and Kristoffer Gildenlöw\, who both contribu
 te bass to the record\, while Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) once again
  takes care of the mix. As for the terrifying angels themselves\, Courtne
 y explains that the initial inspiration came from a sermon he heard at an 
 Easter service in Berlin\, an experience that sparked the work’s spiritu
 al dimension. The album’s lyrics explore angels as an idea that combine
 s both salvation and destruction – symbolising situations\, feelings and
  relationships that produce both transcendence and suffering simultaneousl
 y. A terrifying angel is an inversion of expectations: something we assume
  would be purely good having an unexpectedly darker side that can’t be s
 eparated from the light. Love\, memory\, truth\, and identity all become 
 their own kinds of terrifying angel over the LP’s seven varied tracks. S
 uch huge\, epochal themes and spectacular imagery are the perfect compleme
 nt to the heavy grandeur of the music\, with classic grunge like Nirvana\,
  Smashing Pumpkins and Mudhoney mentioned as influences. According to Shi
 reen: “The lyrics are complex and there are many ways to interpret them\
 , because there’s a lot of symbolic meaning. Parts really resonated with
  me – the world is built on a system which is rotten to the core but sti
 ll holds up a facade of shininess.” Courtney’s final word: “Terrify
 ing Angels is about encountering forces that appear redemptive and discove
 ring that transformation is never gentle. The album follows a narrator who
  repeatedly mistakes salvation for safety\, only to learn that the forces 
 that save us are often the same forces that undo us. Ultimately\, he must 
 reach a deeper understanding by accepting complexity."\n\nhttps://staging.
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