★★★★★
There are some things that are just meant to go together. Like a lock and a key or honey and a bee, Purity Ring has stumbled upon a new magnificent combination. With the release of their debut album Shrines, this Edmonton-based experimental duo has shown the world that hip-hop beats and dream pop vocals can work together splendidly...
- www.ink19.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Targeting an audience that I believe includes even themselves showing a thorough enjoyment of their craft, Purity Ring swells beautifully with their debut album, Shrines, available now on 4AD records. Dispersing out of rival sound mates, Gobble Gobble and Born Gold, Purity Ring is a duo made up of Montreal, Quebec natives Corrin Roddick and Megan James...
- www.adequacy.net
2012-08-07
★★★★★
Remember Salem? The divisive Michigan trio arrived with in a cloud of sleazy mystique, survived the PR disaster of their Fader Fort performance, and released an album buoyed by a grip of thinkpieces. They're basically forgotten at this point, but their music holds up if you're in need of a quick fix of guilty frisson. The Montreal-Halifax duo Purity Ring are sort of going through the same paces of PR boom and bust that Salem did, but without anything particularly objectionable about them...
- dustedmagazine.com
2012-08-06
★★★★★
From Braids to Grimes, Canada seems to be cranking out new age-y, would-be-creepy electronic music at a rate that nearly makes it all seem....well, quite frankly, normal. And this Halifax-Montreal duo is no exception. Carried on a dark undertow, the real power of Purity Ring's sound is Megan James' saccharine voice...
- filtermagazine.com
2012-08-06
★★★★★
pre·cious (?preSH?s) adj. 1. Of high cost or worth; valuable. 2. Highly esteemed; cherished. 3. Dear; beloved. 4. Affectedly dainty or overrefined. 5. Informal Thoroughgoing; unmitigated. Though many tastemakers in the online music community prefer words like "novel" or "unique," it's difficult to come up with an adjective that describes the music--ultimately, the concept--of Canadian boy-girl duo Purity Ring better than "precious...
- www.xlr8r.com
2012-07-26
★★★★★
It's been well over a year since 'Ungirthed' slipped onto the web and began Purity Ring's slow-burning insinuation into the consciousness of the blogosphere, Corin Roddick's lurching sound-waves and Megan James' panicked-child vocals surprising with their unusual cohesion...
- drownedinsound.com
2012-07-26
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare We're Related When Pitchfork first gave their stamp of hip approval to Edmonton duo Purity Ring last year, band member Corin Roddick rattled off a few influences for their work: Soulja Boy, Justin Timberlake, Clams Casino, Holy Other. Listening to their debut album Shrines, you can surely hear an intersection not just of the commercial and the underground, but of tastes within the underground...
- www.mxdwn.com
2012-07-26
★★★★★
Only two years and 11 songs into their career, Purity Ring are already a divisive duo. It's not that anyone outright hates them, but those who are indifferent are adamantly so ? the lack of accidental notes, key changes, mathematical rhythms, or organic instrumental sorcery on debut album Shrines caused shrugs amongst some snobby music fans...
- exclaim.ca
2012-07-26
★★★★★
It doesn't take long for the full gravity of 'Shrines' to take effect. A few lines into 'Fineshrine,' the second track on Purity Ring's debut, the Canadians' many qualities collide in staggering fashion. A stuttering intro gives way to Megan James singing "Cut open my sternum and pull my little ribs around you". The imagery is bold enough to make a poet weep, snap their favourite quill in half and resign themselves to working at the local car wash for the rest of their days...
- www.nme.com
2012-07-26
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