10 Memorable Rock Bands Who Only Released ONE Album
8. Pure Love, Anthems (2013)
When punk prodigy Frank Carter left Gallows in 2011, what he was going to do next was big news, whether that was joining a supergroup, putting together a rival hardcore outfit or settling into something outside the music world.
Within a matter of weeks he had formed Pure Love (a statement Carter has tattooed across his fingers) with Jim Carroll of The Hope Conspiracy and The Suicide File, as a direct response to the confrontational image and inter-band tensions Carter experienced with Gallows.
It was a whole two years before their first album saw the light of day, but 2013's Anthems arrived with a clean, polished alternative rock sound and a few foot stompers to boot. While not a perfect record, it shows Carter's willingness to experiment, step out of his comfort zone and experiment with different genres, which provided the foundations for the commercially and artistically dynamic Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes in the years to come.
The inception and success of the Rattlesnakes may be the reason we have never heard from Pure Love again, but given the quality present in each of their records so far, this is surely a worthy trade-off.