In honor of Shrines’ ten-year anniversary, Purity Ring return with a reissue of their breakthrough debut record. Titled shrines X, the album features three previously unreleased songs from the Shrines sessions, with the lead track “inovein” perfectly capturing their unique magic – bewitching, eerie vocals dancing uneasily across shimmering electronic haze. A surprise for fans and perfect intro to new listeners, their influence through 2010’s alt and commercial pop is undeniable. Stream / purchase...
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Following the April release of their third album WOMB, Purity Ring release a cover of Alice DJ’s 1999 eurodance hit ‘Better Off Alone’ via 4AD. The duo have flipped the euphoric trance classic into a signature, ghostly Purity Ring track – watch the video, directed by Andrew Barchilon below. “We have wanted to cover this song for years and it felt like it was time. It’s been an influence on how we...
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Purity Ring release the otherworldly video for ‘stardew‘ directed by life-size stop motion artist Tobias Stretch with costumes created by Purity Ring’s Megan James. The track, which is off the duo’s recently released LP WOMB, was praised as “pulsating” by Billboard, a “crystalline rush of adrenaline” by The FADER and “a treat” by Consequence of Sound. WOMB was triple j Feature Album upon release, debuted at #1 on the Billboard...
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Purity Ring’s hotly anticipated third album, WOMB, is out now. The album features previously released songs: searching salve ‘peacefall,’ which FADER called “a glistening transmission from inside the eye of the storm”; ‘stardew,’ which Billboard praised as “pulsating”; kinetic ‘pink lightning‘ called “sparkling” by Stereogum; and the propulsive ‘i like the devil‘, which BrooklynVegan note as “throbbing [and] atmospheric”. To celebrate the album’s release, the duo of Megan James and...
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Purity Ring have revealed two more songs from the duo of Megan James and Corin Roddick’s forthcoming third album, WOMB, which will be released on Friday 3 April. Searching salve ‘peacefall’ is accompanied by a video featuring Megan chain-stitching the lyrics of the song and a crescendo of flames. ‘pink lightning’ begins with a haunting, pitch-shifted transmission before ascending to scintillation. The video for the track is a walkthrough of a ‘pink lightning’ video game, which they leaked to fans in advance of...
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After more than five years, Purity Ring have returned to announce their third album. WOMB will be released on April 3rd and is entirely written, recorded, produced and mixed by the duo of Megan James and Corin Roddick. WOMB chronicles a quest for comfort and the search for a resting place in a world where so much is beyond our control. Lead single ‘stardew’ is a glittering, transcendent invitation to “just be where you are” – to experience the kind of powerful peace that can only...
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To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Purity Ring’s debut LP Shrines, Megan James and Corin Roddick have released a new song, ‘Asido’. Accompanied by an animated lyric video written and directed by Megan and illustrated by Tallulah Fontaine. Watch it below! Tallulah took videos of Megan walking and falling, then traced the movement to create the character frame by frame. In order to situate their meaning, Megan had her mother...
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Congrats to our friends Jamie xx, Purity Ring, Alabama Shakes, Ratatat, Grimes, Courtney Barnett and Methyl Ethel who have taken 11 Hottest 100 spots – over 10% of the countdown! #26 Jamie xx – I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) (Ft Young Thug/Popcaan) #31 Jamie xx – Loud Places (Ft Romy) #43 Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best #52 Ratatat – Cream On Chrome #65 Alabama Shakes – Don’t...
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