Album Notes

"This Virginia trio's three-song EP exudes more power and pop than most powerpoppers entire careers. Secret weapons include bassline bounce, Buzzcocky nasality, and astute wit: one song about an ex-girlfriend whose kettle almost burns her house down while she sings "Bye Bye Love" in the shower; another about a punk rocker turned dad who joins the army reserve and dreads that his teenager might start sniffing glue."

The Village Voice - July 2004


This is stripped down, back to basics, song oriented, emotive rock and roll with internal dynamics -i.e. no click track - the playing's a little raw and the production is slightly polished the way that a modern rock recording could and should be - the singing's impassioned without turning histrionic and guitars are layered for multiple listenings.. plus the bass gets to sing out from time to time (see Tokyo Rose) - we write broad hooks and snappy smart pop lyrics that speak of everything human except how smart and snappy we are - like Emily Dickinson, we currently prefer dashes to periods and other forms of punctuation. well... Our songs are danceable but not mindless repetitive kick drum tranceisms and we play them a little fast so some folks say we're punk-based - we're self-produced with aspirations for permanent injection into the global consciousness, but we don't take ourselves that seriously cause we're a band not a middle-east peace initiative....although, we'd be happy to be employed as one. Let's just say that The Puritans are one of the best amalgamations of indie-rock and power-pop one can find these days - new pop classics for the discriminating masses. Yeah, that sounds just about right.

Let's foot-note this authentication narrative with a story: this is one small reason why we are intent on championing the dying pop art form known as - the single! Poor little single!!! The band recently went to the local record store (locked at the shoulders like some ravenous rock-hungry Cerberus) to look for a song we dug on the local independent radio station. (We asked for The Caesars - Jerk It Out.) They had it, but when we asked for it as a single...., the clerk said, "Nobody releases singles anymore." Then she laughed, spit in our six eyes and told us to leave. She obviously hadn't kept up on her Greek Mythology. We swore (in unison) that we would return with a tri-headed vengeance. Don't Burn Your House Down is our first single in a 4 quarterly singles/ one album per year plan for the band. It's a lot to bite off for an indie band but you can help us get our sweet revenge and assist us in championing the return of the rock-single by purchasing our first effort!

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Thanks for looking! And to those who buy, extra thanks for supporting our independent music projects! Enjoy!

Personnel:
Lance Brenner * songs, voice, & guitar
Christine Ruotolo * harmony voice & bass
Tristan Puckett * drums