Purple Pilgrims - Perfumed Earth (Black Vinyl)

Purple Pilgrims - Perfumed Earth (Black Vinyl)New Zealand sisters Valentine and Clementine Nixon aka Purple Pilgrims refer to Perfumed Earth, their sublime sophomore full length and first for historic indie Flying Nun as "kind of like a rebirth." The duo retreated to the same wooded sanctuary studio in the wilds of Tapu where they tracked their 2016 debut, Eternal Delight, but this time in a calmer, more contemplative headspace: "internal white noise subsided and we really started to appreciate

striving to carve out a collage that points to a truth

tapping into “flow states

Byrne has moved through the world as a characteristically private artist largely outside the public eye

akin to an action painting

while the likes of 'obvious Bicycle' and 'Hannah Hunt' see the band continue down the slightly more downbeat (but still uber catchy) route

what are we

the duo’s songs have both taken shape and changed shape

each gaining in popularity and critical acclaim

Across twelve tracks

Studio One Dub Fire Special features our latest chapter of raw

The mood is a timeless one of slumbering

six steps back" (in At Home He's a Tourist)