Purple Pilgrims | |
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![]() Purple Pilgrims at Laneway Festival, 2017 | |
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Origin | New Zealand and Hong Kong |
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Years active | 2016-present |
Labels | Flying Nun, Not Not Fun Records |
Purple Pilgrims is a New Zealand dream pop duo composed of sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon.
Sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon are great-granddaughters of folk musician Davie Stewart. [1] They were raised itinerantly between Christchurch, New Zealand and Hong Kong, China. [2] [3]
Purple Pilgrims' music combines elements of dream pop, [4] noise, [5] lo-fi, folk, and atmospheric jazz. [6] The duo has been frequently likened to Kate Bush, Beach House [7] [8] and 1980s dream pop artists. [9] Stuff has referred to the band as " Aotearoa's answer to haze-pop pioneers Dead Can Dance and Cocteau Twins". [10]
The sisters' soprano vocal styles have been compared to Marianne Faithfull, Mary Hopkin, [11] Joni Mitchell, [12] Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, [13] Vashti Bunyan and Linda Perhacs. [10]
Purple Pilgrims utilize a mixture of digital and analog recording techniques in their work, from an early DIY approach using cassette tape collage [14] to analog studio processing in their later work. [15]
Purple Pilgrims released their first recording a self-titled 8" lathe cut record in 2011 via New Zealand underground label Pseudo Arcana. [16] The limited edition release came with a 12-page art zine. The New Zealand Listener called the work "assertively lo-as-fi-can-go ... a good example of gently and deeply moving elegant dream pop." [17]
In 2013 the band released a split LP with American avant-garde musician and frequent Purple Pilgrims collaborator Gary War via London-based label Upset the Rhythm. [18] [19]
Purple Pilgrims released their debut LP Eternal Delight in 2016 via Los Angeles based label Not Not Fun Records. [20] The Guardian said that the album "could’ve come direct from golden era 4AD Records when the Cocteau Twins still roamed."[30]. [9]
Purple Pilgrims' sophomore album Perfumed Earth was released on August 9, 2019, via Flying Nun Records. [21] The Sydney Morning Herald called the album "an alluring combination of hazy soundscape and songwriting finesse…" [11] while Pitchfork noted “...its lush melodies, strands that wind and splay like a carpet of vine”. [6]
Purple Pilgrims have toured with Ariel Pink, Aldous Harding, [22] John Maus, [23] and Weyes Blood. [24]
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Purple Pilgrims | |
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![]() Purple Pilgrims at Laneway Festival, 2017 | |
Background information | |
Origin | New Zealand and Hong Kong |
Genres | |
Instrument(s) |
|
Years active | 2016-present |
Labels | Flying Nun, Not Not Fun Records |
Purple Pilgrims is a New Zealand dream pop duo composed of sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon.
Sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon are great-granddaughters of folk musician Davie Stewart. [1] They were raised itinerantly between Christchurch, New Zealand and Hong Kong, China. [2] [3]
Purple Pilgrims' music combines elements of dream pop, [4] noise, [5] lo-fi, folk, and atmospheric jazz. [6] The duo has been frequently likened to Kate Bush, Beach House [7] [8] and 1980s dream pop artists. [9] Stuff has referred to the band as " Aotearoa's answer to haze-pop pioneers Dead Can Dance and Cocteau Twins". [10]
The sisters' soprano vocal styles have been compared to Marianne Faithfull, Mary Hopkin, [11] Joni Mitchell, [12] Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, [13] Vashti Bunyan and Linda Perhacs. [10]
Purple Pilgrims utilize a mixture of digital and analog recording techniques in their work, from an early DIY approach using cassette tape collage [14] to analog studio processing in their later work. [15]
Purple Pilgrims released their first recording a self-titled 8" lathe cut record in 2011 via New Zealand underground label Pseudo Arcana. [16] The limited edition release came with a 12-page art zine. The New Zealand Listener called the work "assertively lo-as-fi-can-go ... a good example of gently and deeply moving elegant dream pop." [17]
In 2013 the band released a split LP with American avant-garde musician and frequent Purple Pilgrims collaborator Gary War via London-based label Upset the Rhythm. [18] [19]
Purple Pilgrims released their debut LP Eternal Delight in 2016 via Los Angeles based label Not Not Fun Records. [20] The Guardian said that the album "could’ve come direct from golden era 4AD Records when the Cocteau Twins still roamed."[30]. [9]
Purple Pilgrims' sophomore album Perfumed Earth was released on August 9, 2019, via Flying Nun Records. [21] The Sydney Morning Herald called the album "an alluring combination of hazy soundscape and songwriting finesse…" [11] while Pitchfork noted “...its lush melodies, strands that wind and splay like a carpet of vine”. [6]
Purple Pilgrims have toured with Ariel Pink, Aldous Harding, [22] John Maus, [23] and Weyes Blood. [24]
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