Music News - Purple Pilgrims Announce New Album 'Perfumed Earth'
New Zealand dreamscape artists Purple Pilgrims announce their long-awaited, sophomore record Perfumed Earth, set for release on August 9th on Flying Nun Records.This release marks their recorded debut with the label.
Today sisters Valentine and Clementine Nixon also reveal the first track off the sublime body of work, titled Two Worlds Apart. Directed by W.A.M. Bleakly, the accompanying visuals sees the enchanting pair navigate physical distance, while carrying a strong spiritual tie that ultimately reunites them inharmonious ceremony.
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Celestial synthesizers support the Nixon sister’s ethereal melodies and hollow, cutting electric guitars in this mesmeric track. Intertwining the Nixon sister’s angelic vocals, their words are mirrored like the intertwining of mind, body and soul as the Pilgrims are brought together in sacred song.
To create the songs represented on Perfumed Earth, Valentine and Clementine retreated to the wooden sanctuary hidden deep in the wilds of Tapu where their 2016 debut Eternal Delight came together. Birthed from a new calm and contemplative headspace, and a select group of collaborators whom they brought together as a “very modern/mobile band”, the pair set to immersing themselves in their new sonic world. The 9 track record features support input from Gary War (bass and synth from various motel rooms in the USA), Jimmy Mac (lush live drums), Joshua Kennedy (additional guitar jangle and fuzz),veteran improvisational experimentalist Jeff Henderson (saxophone on Delphiniums In Harmony / Two Worlds Away) and a special guest appearance from six-string expressionist Roy Montgomery on Ruinous Splendour. The album was mixed by acclaimed engineer Thomas Healy (Tiny Ruins).
Perfumed Earth is out August 9th on Flying Nun Records.
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