Devastation CD

From the very first beat of lsquoFall Apartrsquo, anyone familiar with Pumarosa can tell that a transformation has taken place. With a fast drumrsquonrsquobass inspired tattoo beating urgently beneath a sawing riff and a wide, synthesised expanse, this is a dramatic evolution from the bandrsquos more guitardriven debut, lsquoThe Witchrsquo.Digging deeper into electronic influences ranging from Aphex Twin and Autechre to old jungle tunes, the shock of lsquoFall Apartrsquo mirrors the irreversible shift in Pumarosarsquos own circumstances shattering diagnoses, new beginnings and a strange optimism the promise of what can be built only after total annihilation all fed into a record that feels like an exhilarating affirmation of life.