New single released 9th November......' On this single, Pinkie McLure’s otherworldly vocals float high and low, like a cross between Antony Hegarty and Nina Simone, over an ’80s industrial backdrop. This is another unique and beautifully unsettling torch song from Pumajaw.' The Skinny
Our new single Featherdown Quilt will be released on the 9th Nov as a download through all major sites We are donating 25% of sales to Love Music Hate Racsim See what else you can do
PRESS REVIEWS
Alive.co.uk Here is a singer who can do the business. Pinkie Maclure has a voice that sounds like it"s coming straight from the bottom of a large and complicated soul. Pinkie has found an ideal musical collaborator in John Wills, formerly of psychedelic rockers Loop and avant-garde indie band the Hair And Skin Trading Company, which counts as probably my favourite band name. A haunting, beautiful and sensual record that was born to be played after dark with the lights off.
THE LIST
Pinkie's staggering voice - soaring above John's weave of eerie noises.
MOJO* * * *
As a vocalist Maclure demands greater recognition. What makes the duo's music outstanding is that while it's tender and lyrical, there's also an earthiness, a saltiness to it. Mike Barnes
THE SCOTSMAN****This bill has set the bar for mesmerising performance at
this year's Celtic Connections. The bewitching Pumajaw are one of the Scottish music scene's most exotic animals,
Instrumentalist John Wills built a heady soundtrack by looping effects-laden
guitar and beats, but all eyes were on the engrossing Pinkie
Maclure, who dresses like a glamorous flapper girl and sings like a siren.
Fiona Shepherd
THE HERALD****
Friday night's concert at the Classic Grand raised the bar for the rest of
the festival. Sometimes growling, other times hauntingly angelic, Maclure's voice was always utterly engaging. Wills is a highly accomplished player and his use of loops and samples created a wall of sound
that a full-blown band might struggle to craft.
Maclure is quite an enigma and Pumajaw's effect was heightened by the
theatricality of her performance, pacing the mini-proscenium and,
witch-like, seducing her audience into a weird and even scary world. And the
way she handles the concertina would make the knees of grown men tremble. David Prater
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THE WIRE
Timeless, extraordinary......... the product of a potent musical chemistry. Mike Barnes,
UNCUT ****
Pinkie Maclure & John Wills have made five albums since they met in the late 1990s after Wills left his first band, hypnotic noiseniks, Loop. Their second album under the name Pumajaw links Loop's ethereal guitar wash of sound with trance-like folk, held together by Pinkie's disarmingly seductive voice. Mick Houghton
I was waiting to send y'all a friendly request when the page was all BEEEYOOOTEEEEFUUUULLLL and ready for your precious eyesight and ting. Remastered album sounds SPECTACULARSE btw....
Thank you for accepting our friend request!! Really appreciate it. Wish you an awesome Friday and Weekend in general. Rock and Rollon!! =) Very best regards from Merlin’s Company! “Beware of the armadilloes whose dark shadows sweeps the streets”
jings! good, hard sound u've got there, very convincing. featherdown is almost indian-sounding. frozen...sounds like music from the aviator film? like a song from the 30s or 40s, in a good way. u guys are different! cheers, keith in aberdeen.
