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Puritan

About Me

The River Guest
Video directed by Eliese Baker
Born in the shallows.
Raised in the sun.
Nurtured in the tropics.
Puritan is a non-band musical situation comprised principally of David Hamma. Since 1995ish it has wandered and sat still, breathing constantly but making audible sounds only every so often. It has at one time or another, been associated with the likes of Will Moore ( Bridgeport ), Ed Smith ( TSET , The Burning Softies , The Burning Sofa No. 10 ), Heidi Nelms ( Hinterlander ), Cartoon Monster , etc. Recently relocated to Portland, OR via Maui, Puritan is a non-touring outfit whose most recent full length release is Come Sit By The Lake Tonight (Skinny Chest).
DISCOGRAPHY:
Come Sit By The Lake Tonight (CD - $10)
How To Move A Piano (CD - $10)
Sagittarius (CD - $8)
Triptych: EP / daggers, early / Tea Party (CD-R - $12 for all three)
Available for purchase with PayPal at the Skinny Chest Store .
davidhamma.com

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Member Since: 07/06/2006
Band Website: http://www.skinnychest.com/puritan-main.html
Band Members: David Hamma
other contributors and erstwhile members are:
Heidi Nelms, Will Moore, Tory Fiterre, Cory Brittain, Travis Rice, Ed Smith, Lindsay Glover, Chris Kidd, Jerry Zinn, Corey Granet, Ariel Caroline, Ayaka Umeda, etc.
Influences: Water.
Sounds Like: Air.
Record Label: Skinny Chest; Elsinor
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Peapod & Mimah - DATE CHANGED

The show at Ella Street Social Club with The Devil, My Pocket has been changed to tonight, Saturday, October 17th. Not sure who's going on when but show starts at 9:00. Hope to see you there!
Posted by on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Peapod & Mimah - LIVE!

Peapod & Mimah will indeed be performing live on October 16th, opening for The Devil, My Pocket (from Rhode Island) as well as Saybella and Jesse Meade. The venue is the totally cozy Ella St. Social C...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:46:00 GMT

Peapod & Mimah

Heidi (Hinterlander) and I have been working on a new project whereby we are attempting to merge our muses into one. The idea is to concentrate on new material but to also perform Puritan and Hinterla...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:27:00 GMT

The Long Winter

Just a note on my current whereabouts musically. No, I am not dead. However, I have been laboring intermittently for a long long long time on a short selection of tunes that are simple, somewhat dark ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:22:00 GMT

New Songs Posted

Finally updated the songs on here. A more subdued selection this time. Even threw up a relic from the unreleased Panasonic Summer as well as Shadow Assistant which I don't believe has been posted befo...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:17:00 GMT

Not My Ghosts

Hey, just want to throw it out there that I'm not responsible for the new EP by the title of All These Ghosts. It's by some other band called Puritan. Not sure where they're from or anything else. I j...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:47:00 GMT