About Pure Reason Revolution
Pure Reason Revolution is a British rock group formed at the University of Westminster in 2003. Their music incorporates elements of progressive rock and electronic. Members have a shared appreciation for the work of bands such as Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Nirvana, Justice, Kraftwerk and Fleetwood Mac.
Pure Reason Revolution began as a band named The Sunset Sound in Reading, Berkshire, which featured the Courtney brothers, Chloë Alper and, for a short while, Jim Dobson. The Courtney brothers had previously played with pop punk guitar band Gel, which was scouted and signed by Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire. Alper used to front Period Pains, who scored a hit with an anti-Spice Girls song in 1997.
The band was completed by Tom Leathes and Bob Cooper . Debut single "Moving" picked up radio airplay on BBC Radio 1 ), XFM and LA's KROQ.
Courtney J, Dobson and Greg Jong met at the University of Westminster 2000–2003 and went through a number of name changes before settling on Pure Reason Revolution , including The Wow and Pendulum Dawn.
The band signed to Alan McGee's Poptones label for a one-off release of "Apprentice of the Universe" .
Signing to SonyBMG in autumn 2004, the following year saw the band releasing two singles – the 12-minute-long Bright Ambassadors of Morning , and The Intention Craft – plus one mini-album, Cautionary Tales for the Brave. This was released to make up for delays in recording that meant the band would miss its original launch window. The use of so many of the proposed album tracks on a mini-album led the band to develop some new material for the album, including "The Twyncyn/Trembling Willows". Releases were on the band's own Holograph imprint, via SonyBMG.
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