Interview: Purple Pilgrims

Sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon started creating music together under the name Purple Pilgrims a few years ago while based in Christchurch, but following the 2011 earthquake the pair relocated to Hong Kong where they experienced an underground music scene that influenced their undeniably avant-garde sound. The two went on to tour the world extensively, including a US tour with Ariel Pink, but despite this exposure the Pilgrims are still relatively unknown in their homeland. We caught up with the siblings (who are currently recording an EP in a converted out-house in the Coromandel) ahead of their performance with New York-based abstract artist Gary War and local act Kraus this week.