{"id":2765,"date":"2017-09-30T09:54:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2017-09-30T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T14:55:10","slug":"music-interview-magazine-the-puss-puss-band-heartfelt-music-leaves-a-lasting-impression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/music-interview-magazine-the-puss-puss-band-heartfelt-music-leaves-a-lasting-impression\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Interview Magazine\u00ae The Puss Puss Band: Heartfelt Music Leaves a Lasting Impression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/\">Music Interview Magazine\u00ae<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>The Puss Puss Band: Heartfelt Music Leaves a Lasting Impression<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0Paul J Wolfle<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\">3 hours ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/2017\/09\/30\/the-puss-puss-band-heartfelt-music-leaves-a-lasting-impression\/amp\/ <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s2\">The debut album from The Puss Puss Band,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepusspussband.bandcamp.com\/album\/echoes-across-the-cruel-sea\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><i>Echoes Across The Cruel Sea<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>, features a collection of closely connected songs that lay bare a sincere first-person candor set to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/subject\/music\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>music.<\/b><\/span><\/a>After listening, you cannot help but feel the songwriters must have somehow lived the lyrics. A singular blend of electric and acoustic indie rock and style, adept musicianship clearly characterizes each of the 12 new tracks. But there is so much more to say and hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>The Album\u2019s Personnel<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\">Right away, you realize The Puss Puss Band, South Wales-based multi-instrumentalists and singers Asa Galeozzie and Lee Pugh, are no mere mortals. Just judge them by the musical company they keep: namely the well-known keyboardist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rabbitwho.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>John \u201cRabbit\u201d Bundrick<\/b><\/span><\/a>, who also played on\u00a0<i>Echoes Across The Sea<\/i>. Bundrick\u2019s credits include being a member of Free, session work with The Who, a fundamental musician on the original cast soundtrack of\u00a0<i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/i>\u00a0and far too many other legendary acknowledgements to list here. Meanwhile, Galeozzie and Pugh, along with Bundrick, have created their own winning formula.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li11\"><span class=\"s4\"><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/puss_band\"><span class=\"s5\"><b>Contact The Artists<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>About The Songs<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\">Released in April, the album opens with the 3:39 \u201cBucko\u2019s Lullaby,\u201d a consistently metered cut, seasoned with restrained but distinctly powerful vocals, including unique inflections and the soulful organ work that lightly hovers throughout song. Before long, like a fine book, the track builds to a moving orchestral crescendo. That is probably not a coincidence, considering Galeozzie and Pugh like to call their songs, \u201cpocket epics.\u201d Another fast growing favorite, \u201cAlone,\u201d a strummed acoustic track that cycles through guitar chords as gentle harmonies fill the way, has just the right beat, amount of instrumentation and commercial crowd appeal for the radio charts. The slightly moody and introspective lyrics pretty much speak for themselves: \u201cBecause everybody\u2019s got a time, where they break and when their sky falls, where you truly get to know, what it means to be alone\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>A Nuanced Assortment\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\">From the musicians and writing to the performance and production,\u00a0<i>Echoes Across The Cruel Sea<\/i>\u00a0is impressive in every sense, including \u201cBeeswax,\u201d a progressive, trippy, dream pop music design with plenty of atmosphere to spare. Listen closely to \u201cNot Just You\u201d and you might be able to pick up on elements of an early Greg Lake charisma during his Emerson, Lake and Palmer days. No doubt, Lee Pugh (vocals, lead guitars, rhythm guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements, programming) and Asa Galeozzie (rhythm guitars, bass guitar, melodica, drums, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements and programming) blend a variety of awareness\u2019s into their sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\">All tracks on\u00a0<i>Echoes Across The Cruel Sea<\/i>\u00a0were written, arranged, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Asa Galeozzie and Lee Pugh. John \u201cRabbit\u201d Bundrick plays piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, synths, SFX, orchestral arrangements and programming. The album is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepusspussband.bandcamp.com\/album\/echoes-across-the-cruel-sea\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>Bandcamp.<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 To answer your question, yes, the band\u2019s name is based on a cat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s6\">Categories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/category\/music-2\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#music<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/category\/musicians-2\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#musicians<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/category\/reviews-2\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#reviews<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/category\/rock-2\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#Rock<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/category\/uk\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#UK<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s6\">Tags:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/tag\/indie\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#Indie<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/tag\/rockmusic\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#rockmusic<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/tag\/singersongwriters\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#singersongwriters<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/tag\/thepusspussband\/\"><span class=\"s7\">#ThePussPussBand<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/tag\/albums\/\"><span class=\"s7\">Albums<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p14\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/2017\/09\/30\/the-puss-puss-band-heartfelt-music-leaves-a-lasting-impression\/#respond\"><b>Leave a Comment<\/b><b><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Music Interview Magazine\u00ae<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p16\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/?ref=footer_blog\">Blog at WordPress.com.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p17\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/2017\/09\/30\/the-puss-puss-band-heartfelt-music-leaves-a-lasting-impression\/amp\/#top\"><b>Back to top<\/b><b><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Interview Magazine\u00ae The Puss Puss Band: Heartfelt Music Leaves a Lasting Impression \u00a0Paul J Wolfle 3 hours ago https:\/\/musicinterviewmagazine.com\/2017\/09\/30\/the-puss-puss-band-heartfelt-music-leaves-a-lasting-impression\/amp\/ The debut album from The Puss Puss Band,\u00a0Echoes Across The Cruel Sea, features a collection of closely connected songs that lay bare a sincere first-person candor set to\u00a0music.After listening, you cannot help but feel the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,5,4,1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-2765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-gigs","category-music","category-pictures","category-uncategorized","tag-music-interview-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rabbitwho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}