Strange Ranger - Pure Music Compact Disc Alternative Music ” John Ross asks that

” John Ross asks that question after journeying through the wreckage

The Bee Gees) and 2000s New York indie (Yeah Yeah Yeahs

whose characteristically wry voice shifts from detached to decisive to distressed

Pure Music embodies that manic state through interstitial interludes laced with YouTube samples that connect each track to the next so as to submerge the listener in its world

but they infiltrate any comparison to shoegaze with overtures to disco

Strange Ranger - Pure Music Compact Disc Alternative Music ” John Ross asks thatOn Pure Music, Strange Rangers new album out on Fire Talk, the band indulges an obsession with Loveless, but they infiltrate any comparison to shoegaze with overtures to disco, house, and experimental pop. The Talk Talk inspired pean to isolation Way Out features a moody saxophone, while Shes On Fire is only a rock song until just after the midway point, when the drums throb, the snare skitters then snaps, and suddenly, youre in a sweaty pit of