“We came to Santa Fe to just lower our overhead and have a furnished sublet,” Murphy says. “Our landlord told us about this litter of puppies. We didn’t really want one, but we had a look at them and now we have a puppy. It turned into a puppy residency for the first three months, but now we’re getting back into music and art and sleeping, which is awesome.”
Normalcy has arrived for the band just as they prepare to release their sophomore album. Now signed to Ghostly International,
Feelings marks Brijean’s first go as a full-time unit. Both Murphy and Stuart had previously spent time playing in other bands – Murphy in U.S. Girls, Poolside, Toro y Moi, and Stuart in Bells Atlas and his solo project, Dougie Stu – however, with assistance from their new label and a global pandemic paralyzing their industry, it was an easy decision to make Brijean their permanent gig.