NEWS: PURITY RING – ‘LOFTICRIES’ VIDEO / TOUR DATES
Acclaimed video director AG Rojas (Jack White’s ‘Sixteen Saltines’, Spiritualized’s ‘Hey Jane’) has added his macabre touch to the Purity Ring song ‘Lofticries’, placing it as a soundtrack to a fever dream of vast ideas – conception, birth, sickness, and death. The band start their first headline tour of Europe this week and will then be playing eight dates in the UK and Ireland with a long sold-out... Read More
NEWS: PURITY RING – DOWNLOAD ‘BELISPEAK II’ + UK LIVE DATES
Purity Ring’s Corin Roddick has reworked their song ‘Belispeak’ to feature a ferocious new verse by Danny Brown. Brown, who first saw Purity Ring on their summer tour, expressed interest in wanting to work with them via Twitter. The two then exchanged ideas through email and Brown re-imagined ’Belispeak’s fairy-tale creepiness as an evocative snapshot of his childhood in Detroit, while Roddick reworked the production... Read More
NEWS: PURITY RING – EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
After releasing their debut album ‘Shrines’, Purity Ring have announced they will return to Europe and the UK in November for a month-long tour. Purity Ring is a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. They make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful, bone-rattling immediacy of modern hip hop. Megan’s remarkable voice is at once ecstatic and ethereal,... Read More
NEWS: PURITY RING – SEE THE VIDEO TO ‘FINESHRINE’
Purity Ring is excited to reveal their video for their song ‘Fineshrine’. Directed by Young Replicant (www.youngreplicant.com), the video is available for your viewing pleasure below. ‘Fineshrine’ is the lead single from the band’s forthcoming debut album Shrines (reviewed here), which will be released by 4AD on July 24th. Pitchfork recently awarded the song ‘Best New Track’ and called it “Purity Ring’s... Read More
ALBUM: PURITY RING ‘SHRINES’
Searching for Purity Ring‘s discography seemed a logical idea at the time, as I kicked myself for letting their back-catalogue pass me by… before discovering that ‘Shrines’ is in fact a debut album. 4AD guarantee quality with a roster full of forward thinking artists who seem to have something in common, and yet all produce their own very strong and distinctive styles. Corin Roddick previously manufactured lively Euro-Dance... Read More
NEWS: PURITY RING – DOWNLOAD A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM
Photo: Landon Speers Set for release on July 23rd 2012, ‘Shrines’ is the debut album by Purity Ring, a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. Purity Ring make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful bone-rattling immediacy of modern hip hop. Megan’s voice is at once ecstatic and ethereal, soaring joyfully through Corin’s carefully chopped... Read More
