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Pure Bathing Culture - Ivory Coast
by Pure Bathing Culture
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Pure Bathing Culture Ivory Coast
Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture is one of those acts that I have been scowering the internet since LAST SUMMER looking for downloads for the handful of fantastic 80s inspired pop anthems they have released. Well the wait is over. This May Pure Bathing Culture make their debut with their first EP out via Father/Daughter Records.
It’s as if The Carpenters, Kool and the Gang, and a twist all their own made a baby and called it Pure Bathing Culture. The duo’s sound is super groovy in this late 70s, get ready for neon, big remotes and feathered hair 80s vibe that is just so infectious. This Richard Swift produced 2012 release is something I’m really looking forward to. The artwork alone is killer. Be sure to check their West Coast tour dates below too.
SHOWS
April 3 – Valentines (Portland, OR)
April 18 – Holocene (Portland, OR)
April 21 – Barboza (Seattle, WA) w/ Caveman
April 22 – Mississippi Studios (Portland, OR) w/ Caveman
May 4 – University of Montana- Top Hall Lounge (Missoula, MT) w/ Fruit Bats
May 5 – The Bell Tower (Pullman, WA) w/ Fruit Bats
April 18 – Holocene (Portland, OR)
April 21 – Barboza (Seattle, WA) w/ Caveman
April 22 – Mississippi Studios (Portland, OR) w/ Caveman
May 4 – University of Montana- Top Hall Lounge (Missoula, MT) w/ Fruit Bats
May 5 – The Bell Tower (Pullman, WA) w/ Fruit Bats
DOWNLOAD ”Ivory Coast” for free HERE.
Pure Bathing Culture s/t EP is out 5/22 via Father/Daughter Records PRE-ORDER HERE.
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Hat tip to TMDS for first introducing me to PBC last summer!
Silver Shore's Lake
by Pure Bathing Culture
album pure bathing culture
Pure Bathing Culture Silver Shore’s Lake
I cannot wait for Pure Bathing Culture to release some new tunes. Until they do, this track will be on repeat, like it has been…for months. The band just played a sold out show at Doug Fir in Portland with my pals Radiation City, so felt the need to revisit this jam. This duo in general, but this jam in particular reminds me of The Carpenters mixed with Kool and the Gang, which inherently reminds me of my childhood because that’s all my parents listened to when I was growing up. Images of those moving ocean clocks that would change colors come to mind. Oh nostalgia.
I have a hunch PBC is putting some tunes out on either Secretly Canadian or Fat Possum, and for reasons I can’t reveal, possibly Domino, sometime this spring. The duo are also in the San Francisco indie rock outfit Vetiver, which is on Sub Pop. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. Love speculating though.
