Brooding alternative pop artist pure xtc has unveiled a new song, “Lighter” today via Cage Riot Music Group. The moody, glitchy new track follows pure xtc’s 2021 debut EP, Nobody’s Home last year’s sophomore EP, Shed My Skin. Listen to it now below.
pure xtc, aka Baltimore-born Taylor Hughes said of the song, “I can pinpoint a conversation I had with my friend/producer, Walter Kazmier over the last winter. I told him I was “working on something that felt like a different direction, with more organic tones and textures that are a little foreign to the pure xtc soundscape. “lighter” has big fuzzy guitars over bombastic drums and a piano, but there’s still a lot of synth. Like a ton. ”
Hughes’s musical journey started long before pure xtc, the artist grew up in an exurb Baltimore, MD where she honed her skills behind the drum kit and began touring the united states and Canada in 2010. Fast forward a decade and a global pandemic Hughes shifted her focus on songwriting and vocals. Hughes also plays guitar, bass and keys, as well as being classically trained in her younger years on piano, violin and cello.
pure xtc looks forward to summer tour dates including performances Pride festivals across the country and releasing more music throughout the year.
UPCOMING SHOWS
May 25 /// Black Buzzard at Oscar Blues /// Denver, CO
May 26 /// Live on Fox 21 /// Colorado Springs, CO
June 02 /// The Sydney Benson /// Omaha, NE
June 10 /// Pride Festival /// Pflugerville, TX
Sept 07 /// The Crypt /// Olympia, WA
Sept 08 /// Doc Marie’s /// Portland, OR
Sept 09 /// The Valley /// Tacoma, WA
Sept 10 /// Blue Moon /// Seattle, WA