Puressence has been played on NTS shows including RVNG Intl. Presents Friends & Fiends, with Mr Brown first played on 10 October 2024.

Puressence was a British rock band from Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England, formed in May 1992 and disbanded in 2013.

The band played a series of gigs at Manchester's In The City festival. James Mudriczki, Neil McDonald, Anthony Szuminski and Kevin Matthews met on a bus on their way to watch the Stone Roses play at Spike Island. Matthews watched the Stone Roses' Gary Mounfield play bass and Matthews bought himself a bass guitar.[citation needed] The rest of the members followed suit and bought…