Victorious Combinations

I had the pleasure of chatting music with Don Thatcher last weekend for his show Don's Hit List. We covered music from my days with Pure as well as some of his goose bump moments in our Combine the Victorious songs.  It was a great interview and I had a really good time going over some of the recording sessions and ideas we've had over the years.  Please give it a listen if you have even been interested in old Pure songs like "Anna is a Speedfreak" as well as the story behind our latest single "The Bolsheviks." Cheers! Mark Henning

We shall be releasing our first new song in almost two years next week on April 30th. After a lot of woodshedding we've come up with a refined new sound. The song is titled "The Bolsheviks".   You can hear it on soundcloud today, or add it to your playlists on your favorite streaming site on Tuesday the 30ths. Once again the brilliant Robert Edmonds has created another stunning cover for our music. After over 12 years he still impresses us!

We are excited to finally release a new song.  We wrote this one over the summer, it was born from the cowbell pattern we'd originally written for another song.  That one kinda ran out of steam and was abandoned. The Bolsheviks was created after Isabelle suggested muting the guitar parts on the other track.  Suddenly everything opened up and we had a fresh idea.  I was just fooling around with a keyboard line and the melody instantly came out. At that point we both knew the old idea was done and a completely new song idea was in its place. Lyrically it's an interesting combination between us, with Isabelle handling the refrain and me taking on the bridge.  We've played at this kind of thing before but it was a lot of fun to come up with the "Dont" section.  Maybe it's my subconscious trying to encapsulate the world of facebook and social media in a song; or maybe not. Anyway, very pleased to share this today.  It feels like a fresh start for Co...