After hitting the scene running in early 2019 with The Goat , their highly lauded debut album, Puppy doesn’t hold back on second album Pure Evil . Incorporating elements of grunge, stoner rock, hardcore, metal and so much more, Pure Evil brings the thunder from the jump and rarely lets up. Its thirteen tracks fly by with relative ease over the album’s 35 minute run time, and the UK trio are more apt to get in, do the damage and get out than to let a groove or idea overstay its welcome. Opening intro Shining Star sets the stage nicely, riding a sludgy riff and some ritualistic harmonizing right into the surprising shoegaze/gothic tones of The Kiss . I wasn’t expecting Gish -era Smashing Pumpkins vibes out of the gate, and yet here we are. They’re also developing a rather acute gift for melodies, as they display on the ‘90s-soaked My Offer or the Ghost-like chorus of Wasted Little Heart . There’s also a slight reprieve at the album’s midpoint by way of the pretty, plucky instrum...
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