I don’t know for anything, but maybe Purpura are setting themselves up for a before-and-after kind of situation. They released their debut album, Storm I, in 2017 and are set to follow it up with a sophomore effort — perhaps Storm II? — later this year. At the same time, the tour dates they’ve announced that will take up the better part of August and find them leaving their native Spain for a round of shows in France, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, are said to be “Part I” with presumably a second round to follow. Well that’s neat. Okay, so band is on the cusp of putting out their second LP and touring ahead of time, and then in the Fall when they go back out, they’ll have the album in tow. Before, meet after.

What I wonder is how much new material they’ll be playing on this tour. It could be that these shows are how they’ll finalize at least some of the material ahead of hitting the studio, thereby making it all the more relevant to the writing and recording process that they’ll celebrate their next time out. They’re new to me, but after checking out Storm I, which you can also stream below, it’s readily worth looking forward to how their next offering comes out.

From the PR wire:

Experimental Post-Metal duo “Purpura” (Spain), with strong influences from bands like Isis, Amenra or Russian Circles, will carry out the first part of their second European tour on April 2019, consisting of 22 dates distributed between France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.

The duo is currently in the process of composition of their second studio album which will be presented on the second part of the European tour, taking place on October/November of 2019 and also announcing their participation in European festivals scheduled for this year.

Purpura 2019 European Tour Part I
02/04 GASTEIZ / EH / ARANBA TABERNA
03/04 BORDEAUX / FR / LA VOUTE
04/04 ANGULEMA / FR / LE MARS CLUB
05/04 POITIERS / FR / LE CLURICAUME
06/04 PARIS / FR / ESS’PACE
07/04 ZOTTEGEM / BE / CAFFE MABOEL
09/04 LIEJA / BE / LE GARAGE
10/04 BRUSSELS / BE / BARLOK
11/04 GHENT / BE / JEUGDHUIS ASGAARD
12/04 SIEGEN / DE / VORTEX
13/04 POTSDAM / DE / ARCHIV
14/04 BERLIN / DE / TIEF
18/04 DRESDEN / DE / CHEMIEFABRIK
19/04 HRANICE / CR / KARNOLA
20/04 BRATISLAVA / SK / KULTURÃK KLUB
21/04 VIENNA / AT / WEBERKNECHT
22/04 LINZ / AT / SECRET LOCATION
25/04 FREIBURG / DE / WHITE RABBIT
26/04 HUTTWIL / CH / IMPROVISORIUM
27/04 BASEL / CH / RENÉE
28/04 PARMA / IT / SPLINTER CLUB
30/04 ROME / IT / WISHLIST

Purpura is:
Manuel Martínez – Bass, guitars and vocals
Adrià Puchalt – Drums, percussion and samples

http://purpuraband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/official.purpura
https://www.instagram.com/purpura.official/
https://purpura.bandcamp.com/

Purpura, Storm I (2017)

Spanish progressive heavy post-rockers Dûrga are set to embark on a European tour supporting their 2018 outing, De Lira Ire. The three-piece took the title because, well, delirium, and it somewhat suits the pervasively atmospheric approach they take on the record while still keeping a weighted sense of presence amid all that ambient stretchout. The tour follows a string of dates they did over the course of Fall 2018 and into 2019, as the show they played Jan. 4 at Wurlitzer Ballroom in Madrid was captured on film — or, you know, pixels — and from that footage was assembled an official live video for “Amentia” that you can see below. Pretty dark, but still looks like it was a good show.

The dates and info came courtesy of Wombat Booking via the PR wire:

Dûrga is a young post-rock power-trio from the city of Valencia, Spain. Their influences are bands like Russian Circles, Caspian, Toundra, If These Trees Could Talk among others, but with their own personality.

The band members are Santi, Carlos and David, three friends that in January 2016 started to play together with one only object: make the music they love. Their creations translate the listener in different landscapes thanks to their atmospheric passages with quiet and melodic rhythms: natural spaces that burst sharply with their defensive instinct, unrestrained anger, distortion and fast patterns.

If you come across Dûrga you will find a tense calm: a pleasant journey through beautiful landscapes, but always with that inquietude of the one feeling the storm approaching.

Dûrga starts in April their second European tour that will take them to countries like France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland or Andorra plus two shows in Spain. The band will present their last release “De Lira Ire”, an acclaimed work that received lots of positive reviews.

Tourdates
15/03/19 Sarria Esmorga Fest
*13-4: Satélite T, Bilbao
*14-4: TBA, Paris (FR)
*15-4: Music City, Antwerpen (BE)
*16-4: Le Garage, Liège (BE)
*17-4: Nordpol, Dortmund (DE)
*18-4: Grabenhalle, St Gallen (CH)
*19-4: Le Farmer, Lyon (FR)
*20-4: Black Sheep, Montpellier (FR)
*21-4: Rockòdrom, Andorra la Vella (AND)
*22-4: L’Astilla, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat

The project has been constantly growing from the beginning. In four months they released their first video-single “Vent”, recording three months later their first LP “Venjança” in Westline Studios (Toundra, Viva Belgrado) with Juan Blas, mastered in the emblematic Ultramarins Costa Brava.

After several Spanish tours and a European one, the band won the “Sona la Dipu” contest, which allow them to take part in festivals like Primavera Sound or Low Festival, a Spanish tour supporting the indie act Niños Mutantes and another one through Mexico and the SXSW in Austin (Texas), besides the edition of their second album “De Lira Ire”. This album was recorded in the winter of 2018 between Sadman Studios (Toundra, Jardin de la Croix) in Madrid and LR Studios in Valencia, mastered once again in Ultramarinos Costa Brava by Victor Garcia.

With all these activity in less than three years, the band is ready to keep growing and to show their powerful live show in as many places as possible.

Dûrga is:
David (Drums)
Carlos (Bass)
Santi (Guitar)

https://www.facebook.com/wearedurga/
https://www.instagram.com/wearedurga/
https://wearedurga.bandcamp.com/

Dûrga, “Amentia” Live at Wurlitzer Ballroom (official video)