On July 27, 2016, Lynn Gunn posted a photo on her Twitter showing 45 songs that had been written for the band's second album. Pvris played their last show of 2016 at Summer Sonic Osaka on August 21. After this they went to the city of Utica in upstate New York to record their second album in a supposedly haunted church turned record studio. On February 13, 2017, Pvris confirmed on a post on their Facebook page that the album was done being recorded. On February 17, 2017, Pvris updated all of their social media platforms with a new theme as well as a post with the roman numerals "II XX XVII" or 2 20 17. On February 20 they announced a small European tour. Lynn Gunn then proceeded to tweet out, "Oh my loves, can't you see? The new era has just begun." She also confirmed that fans would get to hear some new songs on the European tour. On May 4, and May 5, 2017, Pvris performed in London as a part of their European tour and previewed the song "Half" for the first time as a part of their new album. The song was later released as the first promotional single from the album on July 14, 2017. "Winter" was subsequently released on August 3, 2017, as the second promotional single. The title of the album was likely influenced or derived from the last lines of the Emily Dickinson poem, "My life closed twice before its close".
Release
On May 1, All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell was initially announced for release on August 4. However, on July 18, the release was pushed back to August 25 due to "last minute production tweaks".
Singles
On April 30, 2017, Pvris premiered the single "Heaven" from the album on BBC's Radio 1 Rock Show. On June 13, Pvris premiered "What's Wrong" on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show as the second single from the album. The track topped the Kerrang! Rock Chart and spent several further weeks in the top 20. On July 14, Pvris released a promotional single from the album, "Half", along with a visualette found on YouTube. On August 3, Pvris released another promotional single, "Winter", with another visualette, promoted on social media. On August 23, Pvris released the third single of their album “Anyone Else” by promoting it on their social media. On December 15, Pvris released a radio edit of "Same Soul" as the fourth single from the album.
Reception
All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell received critical acclaim from music critics. At review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has an average score of 86 out of 100, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Before release, Alternative Press included the album on their list of the most anticipated albums of the year. George Garner of Q said the album "marks an intensification of that latent darkness and musical expansiveness" as heard on White Noise.
