Pure Bathing Culture is an American indie pop band from Portland, Oregon, United States.

[1] Around 2012 they began playing live shows, and released a self-titled EP produced by Richard Swift in 2012 on Father/Daughter Records.

One of the tracks, "Scotty", drew its lyrics and melody in part from the 1980 hit single "Into the Night" by Benny Mardones.

In 2017, the band toured opening for Death Cab For Cutie and The Shins and began work on their third album with producer Tucker Martine.

The album does its most interesting work on songs like 'Moonrise' and 'Thin Growing Thing,' where Versprille wails, 'Do you want to take it higher?,' as if in homage to Steve Winwood's 1986 hit 'Higher Love.'