Great Pagans Cupid In Error

Drawing their name from a well-thumbed copy of Dante’s Inferno, Great Pagans’ music often echoes the limbo state of their Purgatorial namesakes - a state between joy and melancholy, a comforting sadness.

Following their well-received eponymous EP last year, ‘Cupid In Error’ is the band’s debut album. It primarily documents the end of a long relationship and the ageless, echoing vibrations that come with it, an honest reflection of redefining oneself. The recording of the album reasserts their DIY philosophy, taking place in a variety of makeshift spaces, including churches and cluttered basements, being mixed between Brighton and Vancouver, Canada.

Great Pagans draw from a love of 80’s underground indie, heard through a hazy dream, hinting at the experimental pop of Talking Heads and David Bowie. Painter’s wistful vocals conjure the yearning of The Smiths and The Sundays whilst the band’s restrained boisterous moments invoke the cathartic noise of The Pixies and Sonic Youth.