Purple Rhinestone Eagle/Northern Swords/Forsorcerers
Fantasy Quest 7″
Poison Apple
What the fuck is going on in Portland, Oregon? I thought my recent discovery of Purple Rhinestone Eagle was rare, but it turns out the whole town is full of secret covens in hidden lairs amassing a cohesive army of high priestess power, steadying themselves to strike like a seething force of Joan of Arcs. Joining Purple Rhinestone Eagle on this particular battlefield (Poison Apple’s split seven inch, Fantasy Quest, from November 2009) are Northern Swords and Forsorcerers, and together they rock in the name of glory, freedom, honour, and death.
Posted by Jeff on May 31 2010 in Reviews
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Purple Rhinestone Eagle are a trio of wonderfully witchy women from Portland, Oregon (via Philadelphia) whose heavy, mystical psych-fuzz lured me into a world of new age doom the second I heard it. Not one to be persuaded by effeminately disastrous band names, I dismissed their shiny moniker and looked instead into the dark crystal orb of roundtable rock they held in the palm of their silken hands and was mesmerized by the bearded bravado these earthly maidens were able to conjure up. I had barely made it through one song and I was already ordering their 2009 five-song 12″ EP, Amorum Tali (Eolian Records).