Germinal started life as a solo project for Purvis.
Later joined by Road and the hybrid evolved.
The further mononomenclatured Hardy and Baynham followed and the resulting extraordinary 2005 album 'From Hibernation' record on Elemental Sounds and Lockjaw followed on from the 2001 'Contagion is a Good Thing E.P'.
2007 and a new bass player enters the affray, Staples, the band has never sounded better, a new album is currently being brewed, somewhere very very dark.
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(The Mag) THIS IS WIDESCREEN MUSIC. They grab the attention from the start. "Clean" has a monster hook and builds into an obsessive-compulsive roar with equal parts Dave Gahan and Trent Reznor. Whoever thought of fitting Johnny Marr guitars to choral fantasia (amongst other things) should be given a medal. "Layers" hangs around for a while, quite low-key, before becoming something quite different, a nihilistic giant like Scott Walker's "Nite Flights". Germinal have the wit and imagination to make both hits and great albums. This trip through the DNA of industrial/goth/noir/whatever you want is truly magnificent
(Big Cheese) The resulting album 'From Hibernation' is packed to the gills with sonic heroics and strong songwriting and is refreshingly aloof of trends and fads.
(Subba- Cultcha) From Hibernation is as straightforward as rulers and chock-full of sexy effects and barren guitars, all the while the aforementioned Purvis wails like a lusty widow full of want. Road is the 'Cheese'. Yum yum.
(Unpeeled) 'BIGGER THAN TEXAS'. 'First Up there are cooly classy songs, secondly, they are smothered, muscled up, rubbed down and rammed full of electriod riffery of the most attractive and addictive kinds, but, as the man says, do what I will. All right then, this is a fine rock album of tunes that are empowered with sleaze and electricity
They will, mark me, be fucking huge.
(Zonapunk) Great newness, great band, one of the revelations of 2006
(Dieshellsuit) Drama, yes drama is what Germinal have and the builds within songs like One Great Emotion and the David Bowie style vocals add to the dimensions of the album, succeeds in not sounding like the wash of generic bands being pushed right now. Guitar driven Baby Doll stands out for sheer musicianship and extravagant guitars
(Buzz Magazine) Germinal offer psychedelic space rock, all acoustic strumming and effects pedals, with added gothic baritone vocals. ONE GREAT EMOTION and the nine-minute GREAT MOURNING, get the balance spot on; the one track that will really haunt you is BABY DOLL, whose pulsing bass drum and tyre-screech guitar recall The Idiot-era Iggy Pop.
(Hardwire) "This release offers us a taste of what similar bands have forgotten about - Originality"
(The Sunday Independent) "An exhilarating & often wonderful trip through Purvis' psyche" - "Germinal sound like nothing I've ever heard before - that's why I like them"
