Crawling Up The Stairs

Crawling Up The Stairs is the second LP from Austin, Texas' Pure X and now reissued on Firetalk. Made up of principal members Nate Grace, Jesse Jenkins and Austin Youngblood, they stay true to the dense sound they explored on their last album, Pleasure, but add twinkling atmospherics and a new clarity to their carefully cultivated, emotionally heavy songs. Crawling Up the Stairs is a surprisingly optimistic album about facing the hand you've been dealt. Like grunge for beachcombers or shoegaze for people happy to be alive, Crawling Up The Stairs is all about texture and patience, stretched to ensure maximum zoneage.