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Deep Purple Whoosh!
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The Purps rise triumphant on their 21st album release
Bassist Roger Glover termed this new album as “Deep Purple is putting the Deep back into Purple”, an intriguing notion considering how unique this rock band is. It’s valid, too: the music is punchy, strong and exploratory suggesting their enthusiasm is far from fading. Whoosh!, a word that vocalist Ian Gillan says describes “the transient nature of humanity”, is the third album produced with Bob Erzin and shows their working relationship is in rude health.
13 tracks feature, kicking off with the infectious groove of where Steve Morse’s (Gillan’s observations of violence in cities) has a guitar riff as big as a house and a solo that excels. Kicking on his Engl amp’s clean channel, Morse plays a unique ‘blues meets country’ solo on the otherwise rocking . The triplet-infused is a great example of Purples’ guitar/organ interplay as Morse and Airey trade exquisite Bachesque lines. The darkly ominous is rhythmically intriguing with band pushes and pulls as Gillan’s ghostly vocals shimmer on top.
