It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “Blast” by Pure

If you shut your eyes, this could just as easily be a brand new, retro-tinged 7″ by a bunch of kids from the UK. And if that’s what it was, then I wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Steve Lamacq were to champion it. But it’s not a brand new UK single; it’s a track that a defunct alternative band from Vancouver recorded eighteen years ago.

I don’t know if the above is meant to praise the song for holding up so well, or just to suggest that everything old is new again. Frankly, either one would do. In the end, it’s a mighty fine song, and I thought today would be a good day to share it. Who couldn’t benefit from being reminded, on a cold and dreary Friday morning, that it really is a bit of a blast to be alive?

By the way, have you been listening to Lamaqc’s show on BBC 6? Well, you should, because it’s excellent.

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