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pyre

[pahyuhr] / paɪər /
NOUN
large fire
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As The Scythe illustrates, From The Pyre is a deeply personal record – even though the band have a tendency to self-mythologise and dress their stories in florid, theatrical outfits.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Some of the songs on From The Pyre "have been in the dressing-up box, waiting to come out," since the band formed in 2021.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

As Pyre and his partner delve deep into the crime, they discover a Mormon splinter group motivated by anti-government grievances dating to 19th century persecution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2022

But Pyre is a fictional character created by showrunner Dustin Lance Black — himself a former member of the church — to tie together the disparate strands of the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2022

The incense of seared varnish; the piny smoke from building-blocks tossed into the flames; the thick wool stinks of dated shirts and cowboy-suits, gasoline-soaked and tossed into the Potlatch Pyre.

From The Great Potlatch Riots by Lang, Allen Kim




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