PURE REASON REVOLUTION launch live in the studio video for ‘As We Disappear’; European tour starts

26th September 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

Progressive alternative rockers Pure Reason Revolution recently returned with their sixth studio album ‘Coming Up To Consciousness’. Betrayal, deception, fear, grief, mortality, and questions of sanity: heady and primordial themes animate the latest conceptual LP from Pure Reason Revolution.

With the band about to embark on their first live dates in support of the new album, they have launched a special video for the album’s closing song ‘As We Disappear’. Filmed live at Circle Studios in Berlin, Jon Courtney performs a stripped down version of the track

ime in the studio crafting the record, then it launches & social media response comes In, but what’s so incredibly special is seeing people’s faces light up when their favourite track comes from the stage; Seeing people get lost in a moment; Meeting you sweaty after the show & hearing what the records mean to you. This is true connection. Really hope you enjoy this little rendition of ‘As We Disappear’”

As mentioned, the band are about to embark on their first tour dates in support of the album, playing in Europe alongside Lesoir in September & October, before a headline tour of the UK in December.

27^th September – Be Prog! My Friend, Barcelona, Spain*

29^th September – Stummsche Reithalle, Neunkirchen, Germany

30^th September – Backstage By The Mill, Paris, France

1^st October – Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany

3^rd October – Cpunt, Hoofddorp, Netherlands

4^th October – Progpower Europe, Baarlo, Netherlands*

5^th October – 013, Tilburg, Netherlands

*No Lesoir

3^rd December – The 1865, Southampton

4^th December – Thekla, Bristol

5^th December – Club Academy, Manchester

6^th December – O2 Academy 2, Birmingham

8^th December – Islington Assembly Hall, London

‘Coming Up To Consciousness’ is the third of its post-hiatus renaissance records that began with 2020’s ‘Eupnea’ and continued in 2022’s ‘Above Cirrus’. Like those two predecessors, the new record is intensely personal. Its eight tracks are all between four and seven minutes long – concise by PRR standards – and they grapple with darkness of various kinds.

The band was thrilled to work with multiple members of prog icon The Pineapple Thief; the record was mixed by Bruce Soord, mastered by Steve Kitch, and sees Jon Sykes playing bass on one track. ‘Coming Up To Consciousness’ is also the third PRR album to feature cover art by Jill Tegan Doherty, who Courtney originally met in Berlin on a German language course.

The album is available as a Limited CD+DVD Digipak (featuring 5.1 Surround Sound & High-Resolution Stereo Mixes), Standard CD Jewelcase, as well as a Gatefold ReVinyl LP (Recycled Vinyl), and digitally in both stereo and Dolby Atmos. Order now here: https://purereasonrevolution.lnk.to/ComingUpToConsciousness