While her previous band, Ipso Facto, always had a sense of drama about them, Rosalie Cunningham moved in an even more theatrical direction with the formation of Purson. Exploring the world of proto-metal, the band weaves together influences like Cream, Deep Purple, and Jethro Tull into a quasi-mystical pastiche of psychedelic wonder made up of fuzzed-out guitars and Wurlitzer organs. Purson's full-length debut, The Circle and the Blue Door, arrived on Metal Blade in 2013. ~ Gregory Heaney