Goodbye Blue Sky

When Pure Reason Revolution made an unexpected but very welcome return with 2020’s Eupnea, all eyes were on them to see what they’d do next. However, internal changes, personal grief and a case of writer’s block made the future seem less certain. New album Coming Up To Consciousness allays those fears with a selection of powerful new material and a modified line-up. Frontman Jon Courtney chats to Prog about finding inspiration during dark times, working with Guy Pratt and his renewed vigour for the band he founded at university.

Rich Wilson

“With Pure Reason Revolution, you can have quiet, beautiful passages, plus the juxtaposition that’s super-heavy. I hope a level of optimism comes across, too: a level of hope that we’re out the other side of this difficult period.” There are some artists who provide a cerebral conversation, which renews our faith that musicians still exist who deserve more than fleeting attention. Pure Reason Revolution’s Jon Courtney is one of that pool. Perhaps as a result of the band releasing their last two albums in the relatively speedy period of two years, Courtney suffered an understandable, if frustrating, interlude of writer’s block. Assuming that this harmonic obstruction could be cured by sharpening his musical chops, he began concentrating on the more tedious aspects of musical theory. “I spent a bit of…

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