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"Recorded pretty simply, with a portable 4-track, Sony stereo mic and an upright piano. When I wasnʼt recording songs I was hiking several miles to the beach. The path wound through the ruins of several old estates and a small village...

Portland's Pure Bathing Culture follow up one of our favorite releases of 2012 with the swaying, smoldering lead single / opening track from their lovely forthcoming debut LP, Moon Tides. The wistful "Pendulum" sets the record's emotional tone and firmly establishes that these two are no longer a Vetiver side-project, as Sarah Versprille's warmly glowing voice and disarming way with wor

Sean Pecknold directs the touching, beautifully shot official video for Pure Bathing Culture's "Ivory Coast," in which hologram sharks come for a heartbroken Sarah Versprille's little blue alien love baby, I think. Pure Bathing Culture's lovely 12" EP is out now via our friends at Father/Daughter Records...