Purple Blue

Purple Blue
Studio album by
Eric's Trip
ReleasedJanuary 16, 1996 (1996-01-16)
RecordedAugust 1995, September 7–15, 1995
StudiosCMS Studios, Moncton, New Brunswick
GenresIndie rock, grunge
Length45:12
LabelSub Pop
ProducersEric's Trip
Bob Weston
Eric's Trip chronology
The Road South 7"
(1995)		 Purple Blue
(1996)		 Long Days Ride 'Till Tomorrow
(1996)
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Purple Blue is the third and final studio recorded album by the Canadian indie band Eric's Trip. The album marked a turn to a heavier, more psychedelic sound, which Rick White would further explore with Elevator.

A music video for "Sun Coming Up" was shot on Super8 film in Autumn 1995 by White, and fellow friend and artist, Peter Holt, and released to MuchMusic in 1996.

A tribute to the album can be found in the song "Eric Sleeps," by Australian indie band Youth Group, from their debut album Urban and Eastern.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "An assured slip of a record that favors full-on distorted rocketry over airy folk-pop and dinky minimalism, Purple Blue merely lacks the tunes that would defer tedium."

Track listing

  1. "Introduction Into The..., Pt. 1-4" – 8:13
  1. "Hourly" – 2:47
  2. "Sixteen Hours" – 3:05
  3. "Universe" – 3:08
  4. "Eyes Shut" – 1:37
  5. "Alone and Annoyed" – 2:12
  6. "Lighthouse" – 2:09
  7. "Spaceship Opening" – 2:18
  8. "Universal Dawn" – 3:32
  9. "One Floor Below" – 1:40
  10. "Now a Friend" – 1:54
  11. "Soon, Coming Closer" – 3:37
  12. "Not Yours" – 2:26
  13. "Sun Coming Up" – 2:20
  14. "Beach" – 4:14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ https://maritimemusicscene.neocities.org/sessions/studio/1995-08-xx-mg
  2. ↑ https://maritimemusicscene.neocities.org/sessions/studio/1995-09-07-et
  3. ↑ "Eric's Trip A Love Supreme | Exclaim!". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Re: Wanting Eric's Trip info". Mail-archive.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Records, Sub Pop. "Purple Blue". Sub Pop Records.
  6. ↑ "Purple Blue: Eric's Trip". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Eric's Trip A Love Supreme". Exclaim.ca.
  8. ↑ Shimp, Rachel (July 9, 2008). "Eric's Trip at SP20". Seattle Weekly.
  9. ↑ "Windsor Star - Eric's Trip 'active band again'" – via PressReader.
  10. ↑ Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian A. D.; Schneider, Jason (June 10, 2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press. ISBN 9781554909681 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121231033827/http://www.ericstripmovie.com/content
  12. ↑ https://findingaids.library.dal.ca/music-videos-1
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5oEi98wF0M&
  14. ↑ "Eric's Trip". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  15. ↑ "Eric's Trip hinterland - who's who". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30.