Purest Form make infectious dance-punk music, the Los Angeles band includes vocalist Story Beeson, guitarist/programmer Madi Woodward, and bassist Riley Oikawa-Dahlson. The trio draw on their respective backgrounds in hardcore bands, and a shared love of industrial and techno, splicing the intensely heavy with the playful and sensual. “Resistance, less of an idea, more of an absolute action that has to be taken,” asserts Beeson.

Over the last two years, word of Beeson’s live fury spread rampantly earning them support slots with Boy Harsher, Chat Pile, King Woman, Sextile and more.

Purest Form’s forthcoming album Resistance is inspired by death metal and acid house in equal measure, all punctuated by Beeson’s urgent, anthemic narration, often shouted to near-shreds. Recording took place sporadically throughout 2025, beginning while Beeson was still evacuated from her home. Sketches started on the computer before open-ended sessions in the space of their longtime collaborator and producer, Andrew Oswald. “A helpful and needed distraction during a pretty bleak year for the world. It became the one thing that felt good to us,” says Oikawa-Dahlson. “We explore some dark headspaces, but it’s also dance music.”

Pure Form
Resistance
Track Listing

1 Animal
2 Break
3 Beyond Teror
4 More
5 Bass Resitance
6 Breathe

Purest Form 2026 Live Dates:

Aug 25: Los Angeles, CA – Cha Cha Lounge
Sep 11: Los Angeles, CA – The Globe Theater ~
Sep 12: Pioneertown, CA – Thrasher Death Match at Pappy & Harriets !
Sep 18: Austin, TX – Cold Waves Festival
Sep 25: Chicago, IL – Cold Waves Festival
Nov 14: Orange County, CA – Darker Waves Festival

~ w/ Fiddlehead, Pity Sex + more
! w/ Circle Jerks, Melvins + more

pre-order Resistance by Purest Form HERE