Music Review

Hurts to Purr

Reviewed by Jeff McCord

April 2006

» BREAKUP WATCH: Hurts to Purr

After three years and the recent release of its eponymously titled full-length debut (self-released; available through cdbaby.com), this Austin band is calling it quits. It’s a shame, as these relative newcomers have made an album so confident and assuredly cool that it seems to have sprung from seasoned vets. Vocalist and pianist Liz Pappademas’ songs gleam with uncanny originality (“Mr. Atom,” the wisely cynical “Six Months,” the hypnotic “Stop Blowing Your House Down”). Her voice has a charming, dusky timbre, while her playing channels everyone from Randy Newman to Paul Bley. If you’ve haven’t caught them, do so quickly. According to their Web site, Pappademas is soon San Francisco–bound. Wherever she ends up, she’s a talent you’ll want to keep in your sights.

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