Hachiku - The Joys Of Being Pure At Heart

On 'The Joys of Being Pure At Heart', Hachiku lets her guard down and traces her journey to openness, embracing deep human connection, radical honesty and vulnerability with herself and others for the first time. 'The Joys of Being Pure At Heart' features renowned harpist Mary Lattimore (Kurt Vile, Thurston Moore) and classical music group The Newmarket Collective, and was primarily recorded by Ostendorf across various home studios and mobile setups; her band - Jessie Warren (she/her; bass, BVs), Georgia Smith (they/she; guitar, BVs) and Simon Reynolds (he/him - drums) recorded at Nick Huggins’ (Jess Ribeiro, The Dirty Three, Jen Cloher, Alice Skye) studio on Wadawurrung County in Point Lonsdale, with Alex O’Gorman (Angie McMahon, Hannah McKittrick, Garage Sale) recording additional drums at his studio on Boon Wurrung Country in Pakenham. HACHIKU is the brainchild of German-Australian producer Anika Ostendorf, who writes and produces worldly indie rock with an alt-pop appeal alongside her band.