Beat Pyramid
Their first full-length studio album, Beat Pyramid sees These New Puritans attack a range of unusual, complex and downright disturbing subjects, such as medieval counting systems or the kidnapping of BBC journalist Alan Johnson, all set to a backing of thoughtful art-pop.
Despite the number of British bands still playing under the umbrella of post-punk this decade, there's still so much TNP get right about the sound: scraps of syncopated guitars making the barest insinuations of melody, stiff electronic beats that sound like factory noise, and a singer who barks excitedly but whose message is initially cryptic.
The UK's relentless Xeroxing of its heroes has made it de rigueur to draw easy parallels, so it's tempting to say the post-punk revival has finally produced its own pixilated copy of The Fall in new Southend spitters These New Puritans. Certainly Mark E. Smith's Mancunian mumbles—as well as the smart stab-and-spit…
The debut album from These New Puritans shows a band that have so many ideas that Tom Whyman fears for the future.
Discover Beat Pyramid by These New Puritans released in 2008. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.