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SUMMARY:Chris Pureka w/ John-Allison Weiss
DESCRIPTION:The Longest Year\, the new 7 track EP\, was written and reco
 rded during the last 2 years of pandemic life and touches on themes of h
 ope and acceptance. Despite the pandemic backdrop\, the album emits an o
 verall aura of warmth and gentle hopefulness. While Pureka has always be
 en known for a heart-on-sleeve candidness\, there is a deeper vulnerable
  quality to these songs\, as well as a more stripped down intimate produ
 ction\, that harkens back to the songwriter’s earliest material.\n\nTh
 e songs were partly recorded in the studio and partly recorded at home\,
  giving it both some grit and some polish: a hybrid sound that adds to t
 he albums intimacy. Due to the isolation and lack of travel during 2020/
 21\, Pureka played many of the instruments herself\, bringing in some lo
 cal Portland musicians to fill out the sound.\n\nThe title track\, The L
 ongest Year\, is a anthem for these difficult times. With its 3 part har
 monies and simple guitar and upright bass arrangement it could almost be
  a re-imagining of Stephen Foster’s Hard Times Come Again No More. The
  chorus comes in with the message that many of us need right now “All\
 , I know is we are enough\, so keep on and keep your head up”.\nThe ti
 tle track leads on into the train beat of the second track\, the single 
 on the album\, the lush but delicate\, Sky Spinning. Sky Spinning shines
  with intimate vocals and lyrics about the complexity of relationships �
 �� how one’s own best interests and the interests of a relationship mi
 ght diverge over time. “I don’t know how to save us\, I just know ho
 w to save me.” New arrangements of the classic cover songs\, Helpless 
 (Neil Young) and What a Wonderful World add a scope and timelessness to 
 the album.\n\nChris Pureka is an internationally acclaimed singer-songwr
 iter based in Portland\, Oregon. Her elegant emotionality as a vocalist 
 and her flair as a lyricist have garnered her favorable comparisons to C
 han Marshall\, Bruce Springsteen\, and Patty Griffin. Over many years of
  touring on both sides of the Atlantic\, she has shared the stage with s
 uch diverse and esteemed artists as The Lumineers\, Gregory Alan Isakov\
 , The Cowboy Junkies\, Haley Heynderickx\, and Ani DiFranco. She has had
  her songs featured on such television shows as Brothers and Sisters and
  Shameless\, as well as a song featured in the Sundance featured indie f
 ilm\, The Royal Road. The Longest Year is Pureka’s 8th release.
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LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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