PURSES – “Clementine” (audio)

PURSES (including members of bands like District Attorneys, Party Dolls, Modern Skirts, Grand Vapids, Blue Blood, Crooked Fingers, and more) made a catchy debut with their “Hitchhiker/Wheels on the Run” double-single. Newest single “Clementine” offers further proof that their debut record should contain equal parts jangle, indie pop guitars, noise, harmonies, and anything else in between. “Clementine” offers a new facet of the band’s sound, as they explore some push-and-pull dynamics. Guitars stab through the song’s quiet vibe, building up to walls of sound and ebbing again before coalescing into an insistent lead line to close things out. B-side “White Wire Handle” feels more down-home, with a lo-fi treatment on the vocals and a four-to-the-floor arrangement that lands just on this side of IRS-era R.E.M.