Purple Pilgrims - Perfumed Earth (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 35:20 minutes | 383 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
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 the peace of our environment." Aided, too, by a vaster cast of collaborators, they fashioned "a very modern/mobile band," combining local recordings with inspired long-distance overdubs.