Blog: Consequence Of Sound

Montreal duo  Purity Ring unlocks something primordial and ancient with keycards and retina scanners. Singer Megan James and producer/instrumentalist Corin Roddick don't use synths and reverb to shroud emotion. Instead, they use technology to serve it bloody and still beating. Only Roddick's trap beats can coax James' nascent voice from her diaphragm.  Shrines  isn't trying to capitalize on some moment where rapid hi-hats and deep bass mix with dream-pop vocals; it manipulates two elements to make something malleable, elusive, sexual, and one of the only albums that I can both sleep and run to. Maybe it's because [...]