Good Times in Purée Land
Purée, one of Adelaide’s hottest indie rock bands right now are taking to The Note and Flinders University’s Top of the Class stage, ready to headline the show with infectious energy, brand new tracks and their signature unapologetic boldness.
Words Millah Hansberry // Photo neasansucks
Starting from humble beginnings in a COVID ridden world, Purée formed out of happenstance; a couple of roommates, a band breakup and an Instagram story. Frontman Matt Holland, reflects about the happy meeting on a phone call with The Note “Out of nowhere, these four dudes that kind of knew each other just immediately became best friends. It was so wild. I still think about it now- that we managed to just all shove ourselves in one room and discovered the best thing in the world”.
In the current climate, Purée are no strangers to each other or success anymore; recently supporting the likes of Old Mervs at Hindley St Music Hall, gearing up for a Beddy Rays Australian tour in August, their debut at BIGSOUND in September, and dropping indie dance bangers left right and centre.
Their single ‘Inspired To Do Nothing’, released in June is the latest addition to their wall of trophies, juxtaposing an upbeat boppy sound with lyrics unpacking the bittersweet feeling of lacking motivation. For Purée, intuition is a driving force within songwriting, and this was no different with this track. Speaking to the themes of feeling a lack of passion battled with the tracks upbeat and aggressively confident tone and vocals, Matt recalled “I don’t think it was really a conscious decision. It just kind of fell out of us and felt really right.”
Bringing this new track, their signature all-moustache-look and a couple of shiny unreleased songs to Flinders Open Day – Purée are gracing the Top of the Class stage to show us all how it is done. Armed with their slick sticker adorned guitars, a couple of fresh drum sticks and a pulsing bass, they plan to leave nothing behind. Hitting the stage following the announcement of the Top of the Class battle of the band’s winner, energy is sure to be high and having dancing shoes on is a must. Matt mused that Purée is ready to bear “the same kind of energy that we usually bring… just go nuts, go crazy. We like to say ‘good times in Purée land.’”
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It’s not just the give-it-all energy and groovy indie-rock fits that make Purée stand out. Boldness is built into their DNA – not just on stage, but in how they approach songwriting and through the unapologetic way they carry themselves as a band. It’s this kind of authenticity that landed them headlining the Top of the Class, a competition all about finding the boldest, most creative and original young musicians in SA.
It’s a sentiment Matt summed up when discussing Purée’s relationship to boldness and creativity. “Being as authentically us as possible is bold, especially in these kinds of times. I think you're far more conscious of what people think about [you] through social media. Being authentic is just the biggest form of creativity and the biggest form of being bold.”
This mantra of being undeniably bold and authentic is echoed in the advice the local scene icons have for younger artists looking to navigate the music industry with the same stamina and grace Purée does.
“You just have to do it, you know? Be you and don't be afraid of what people might think. Don't apologise for being you. Keep pushing and keep doing everything you possibly can, because no one's going to do it for you.”
Following the buzz of their recent releases and upcoming string of hotly anticipated shows across the country, Purée leave us with a little wink wink and a nudge nudge about their plans for the future. “We’ve been a little bit elusive as of late, but there's a good reason for it…”, Matt teases.
So, while we’ve all got our eyes glued on Purée to see what they do next, we can use our hot little legs to follow their movements down to the Flinders Open Day on the 27th of July and witness the four-piece tear up the Top of the Class stage.
