Pumarosa release experimental new track ‘Adam’s Song’, second album ‘Devastation’ out November 15th + winter tour dates (Fiction)

Pumarosa release new track, ‘Adam’s Song’

Second album, ‘Devastation’, released November 15th

(Fiction Records)

Winter tour dates on sale now

Early praise for  ‘Devastation’

“A record of uplifting darkness that cements Pumarosa in a league of their own” – Dork, 5/5“Songs of survival…’Devastation’ is the sound of coming to terms with life’s inexctricable messiness and embracing it nonetheless” Q“Pure, unadulterated chaos” – DIY“Forelorn lyrics and a housey lilt to heart-tugging effect” Sunday Times

Pumarosa have today shared new track ‘Adam’s Song’, which is available on Fiction Records. Further previewed by recent single ‘I See You’ and ‘Heaven’ (which features on the latest FIFA soundtrack), Pumarosa’s second album ‘Devastation’ will follow on November 15th. The band’s winter headline tour is on sale now and includes a London date at EartH on November 27th, where they will be joined by Jessica Winter (in addition to Audibooks in London). Pumarosa also played to the crowds at the Extinction Rebellion event in Trafalgar Square last week.

Front-woman Isabel Muñoz-Newsome explained the inspiration behind ‘Adam’s Song’ as follows – “Adam Christensen is a friend of ours. He performs in drag and can charge any space with sex and magic. We are wild about this lady. She is equally vivid singing at an exhibition opening or at the end of a party 7am when the sound system cuts out and we all still want more. Adam (or Madam) is an incredible performer who we have watched over the last few years on the South London art/party scene (now traveling the globe). I also happened to write the lyrics of Adam’s Song when I was pretty wild about this woman. We were falling in and out of bed, delirious. So the track is diffused with this sexuality. They both have extraordinarily gorgeous long limbs.

”From the dizzying heights of ‘Heaven’ to the crushing lows of ‘Fall Apart’, the stage for Pumarosa’s second album – ‘Devastation’ – is set. It’s a record that explores transformation on a cellular level, with the sort of strident optimism and sonic experimentation that can perhaps only come after total annihilation. 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.What’s emerged is a powerfully uplifting album, confirming Pumarosa as one of the UK’s most inventive and fearless bands. Working through questions of mortality, sexuality and strength, ‘Devastation’ is an exhilarating and suitably-unpredictable affirmation of life.

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Listen to ‘Adam’s Song’

Watch the video for ‘I See You’