The Knife, The Needle: Clear Purple Wave Vinyl LP Blanck Mass before a run of huge

before a run of huge hits including from Go West

It’s an album that’s searing and unmistakably marked by its creator’s experiences

Bert Jansch and Fahey for good measure

B4 Higher Than Reason

The Knife, The Needle: Clear Purple Wave Vinyl LP Blanck Mass before a run of hugeRecording her debut full length album The Knife, The Needle was a healing process for Elanor Moss, who found herself adrift after touring on two EPs, Citrus (2022) and Cosmic (2023). That period saw Moss shifting her sound, experimenting with new genres and pitching her lyrics toward bombast. Nothing felt right, she recalls, so I took the pressure off myself and tried to calibrate my relationship with songwriting and music. The three years she spent