Pumarosa confirm new single ‘Lose Control’, second album ‘Devastation’ + video out now

Pumarosa share video for new single, ‘Lose Control’

Taken from second album, ‘Devastation’ (out now on Fiction)

Blue Dot Festival appearance confirmed

Praise for Pumarosa’s ‘Devastation

’“A record of uplifting darkness that cements Pumarosa in a league of their own” – Dork, 5/5“Pumarosa take it to a bracing new level…its title might suggest despair but this is an album about overcoming” Observer“A heavy album delivered with a life-affirming lightness of touch” Q 4/5“Standing tall amid crumbling masonry ‘Devastation’ traces intriguing patterns in the settling dust” – MOJO“It’s clear that from destruction can emerge something new…weird and wonderful” The Arts Desk

Pumarosa have today shared the enigmatic video for new single ‘Lose Control’, depicting front-woman Isabel Muñoz-Newsome dancing as both the Angel and the Devil. The single is taken from the band’s acclaimed second album ‘Devastation’, out now on Fiction Records and released recently to extensive critical acclaim. Further live news will follow soon, with Pumarosa confirmed this week for Blue Dot festival alongside the likes of Bjork, Groove Armada and Metronomy.

Film producer Robert Fox speaks of the video:“The video for Lose control is a ballet of synchronised opposites. The Devil and the Angel dance harmoniously in their designated settings, which are striking contrasted in aesthetic allure, as if the two are the same. The video instils a tenderness and sensitivity to these motifs and gimmicks….

There’s also a variation of the maracena. The dance is minimal and at times slightly comical, exuding a feeling of theatrical drama and rehearsal. The status quo becomes unhinged at the end as the two launch themselves out of their designated settings and into each others worlds. By doing so there is a loss of control towards to the resounding order and expected roles of these characters.” 

‘Lose Control’ is a bracing highlight from Pumarosa’s second album, ‘Devastation’. As musically brave as it is brutally honest, it’s the sound of a band staring trauma straight in the face, and turning it into something ultimately inspiring. First came the chaos: on the week the band’s debut album, ‘The Witch’, was released, Isabel Muñoz-Newsome was diagnosed with cervical cancer, with the resulting surgery and recovery completely changing her relationship to her body (and how to write about it). Inner-band relationships also evolved following the departure of bassist Henry, which further energised Pumarosa to explore new spaces in their already-expansive sound. The band took the work to producer John Congleton in LA, whose production on the likes of St Vincent and Swans helped convince them he could bring these songs and life-changing experiences into existence.

This sense of change – its violent disruptions, but also its freedoms – cut through moments like ‘Lose Control’, and the track’s mantra-like chorus (“so I choose to lose control / yeh, here comes the feeling / yeh I choose to my control / scrape myself of the ceiling”). One of the UK’s most unique and inventive bands, whatever life throws at them, Pumarosa now appear in total control.

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  Watch the video to ‘Lose Control’

Listen to ‘Devastation’: https://pumarosauk.lnk.to/DevastationPR