The Knife, The Needle: Clear Purple Wave Vinyl LP Blanck Mass Bert Jansch and Fahey for

Bert Jansch and Fahey for good measure

A half-century on

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

and of the record’s production and theme

The Knife, The Needle: Clear Purple Wave Vinyl LP Blanck Mass Bert Jansch and Fahey forRecording 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