London, UK psychedelic rockers PURSON - led by enigmatic vocalist/guitarist Rosalie Cunningham - are poised to erupt on the international underground with their new album, The Circle And The Blur Door. The lead single, 'Leaning On A Bear', can be heard via the official video below, directed by Chris Martin:

Rosalie Cunningham elaborates on the video: "We found this great place in Brixton, South London called Cafe Cairo that looks as though it has been transplanted there from the souk in Marrakesh. It was just perfect for a Purson video, so we invited some friends along, hung out, and played. Chris Martin shot and edited the video and my brother, William, treated the footage and added the trippy effects".

Pre-orders for can be placed for The Circle And The Blue Door at this location. European fans can order a limited 7" single of 'Leaning on a Bear' now at RiseAboveRecords.com. The Circle And The Blue Door is slated for release in North America on April 30th. The album artwork can be seen below:

The Circle And The Blue Door finds the missing link between PENTANGLE and PENTAGRAM, by way of DAVID BOWIE's dream reality and THE BEATLES' feel for the perfect melody. And while it owes a debt to front woman Rosie Cunningham's clear love of the late 60s and the early 70s, it is her poetic, evocative lyricism, tight song craft, sonorous vocal style and dedication to deep musicality that takes this wonderful album far beyond the waters of pastiche. Only an original mind could come up with a line like "ex dwellers of Spiderwood Farm, though they live here, they mean you no harm" - and set it against a mellotron solo.

Influences may be rooted in the classic period of late 60s / early 70s rock, but the lyrics reflect a young woman's vision of the world.

'Rocking Horse' is about retreating into the innocence of childhood, although in Rosie's hands this takes on a sinister edge, with lines like: "in our own secret garden we play, I the spider and you the fly."

"It's about remembering childhood in a hazy way," she explains. As for the Bowie-esque 'Tragic Catastrophe', it describes her dreams of being a rock star and feeling like a girl out of time.

"It starts with me as a kid, going through my dad's 70s music magazines in the attic and being fascinated with these people, and wondering how on earth I could ever do guitar music today."

She answers her own question with The Circle And The Blue Door, a fantastical rock classic with its own vision and purpose. And there are subtleties. Purson, named after the great god of Hell, may evoke the colour-saturated English countryside of early 70s Hammer Horror movies, but they do so with Beatles-esque sophistication, baroque charm and minor key reflection. The Circle And The Blue Door proves that those impossible dreams of the little girl in Tragic Catastrophe weren't so impossible after all.

Purson is:

Rosalie Cunningham - Vocals, Lead Guitar

George Hudson - Guitars

Samuel Shove - Organ, Mellotron, Wurlitzer

Barnaby Maddick - Bass, BVs

Jack Hobbs - Drums

More on Purson at this location.