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The Purrs formed in Seattle in the year 2000. The band seems to think of themselves as more of an anti rock-n roll-band than a true rock outfit. In their minds, the Purrs do not have enough nights in jail, groupies, or trashed hotel rooms. However, their hundreds of gigs (supporting the likes of Okkervil River, A Place To Bury Strangers, The Wrens, Jesse Sykes, Holy Fuck, and Film School), multiple national tours, weekend coast to coast jaunts to play CMJ, broken down vans, record labels, not record labels, heavy rotation by influential radio stations such as KEXP, WOXY, and SIRIUS, notorious after parties and a semi-rabid following tell a more rock-n-roll story.

Amused, Confused & More Bad News is the 4th full length from The Purrs. It continues a string of solid releases that began with their debut epic, The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of (2005). 2006 saw the release of a self-titled full length and in 2007 they released the critically acclaimed The Chemistry That Keeps Us Together. During this time The Purrs also logged several US tours with appearances at Bumbershoot, CMJ, MidPoint music festival and selling their songs to television shows, such as the HBO seriees, “Californication”.

On Amused, Confused & More Bad News The Purrs have expanded their mid-tempo, jangle-bliss repertoire with some scorching psychedelic rock tunes such as “Sister,” “Fear of Flying,” and “The Outpost.” Craig Keller’s in-the-pocket drumming holds down and tenuously ropes in Jima’s classic, melodic-when-necessary bass lines. No one would want to rope in Jason Milne’s adventurous lead guitar parts, lines that take the listener on a swooping and soaring journey or effortlessly breathe and punctuate. Think the Verve’s Nick McCabe meets Galaxy 500 era Dean Wareham. The whole collection of songs, in particular the down-tempo, layered, bliss-out “Good Times to Come” benefit from rhythm guitarist Robert Silverstein’s solid, vibey foundation.

According to Jima, the title of the new album is a reference to "Young, beautiful people who party a lot and don't worry about current events...maybe." This from an anti rock-n-roll guy whose favorite tour moment he can’t remember, but was documented on film: passing out on a Tuesday night, on the sidewalk in front of Chapel Hill’s Local 506 after a gig. Rock-n-roll? Maybe…