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I thought that the biggest head-scratcher of the day would go to Beck and his enormous cover of " Sound And Vision " but I believe the honor goes to Purity Ring for their rendition of Soulja Boy's "Grammy" - bonus points for such a timely release. The one-off applies the band's ambient pop to Soulja's original and Megan James pantomimes his verses as naturally as possible, but it's hard not to get stuck on certain words like "trick" and "droptop" which sound so out of place. It works for the most part, though, and when it comes to pop [...]

• Purity Ring - Grammy

Purity Ring's a 4AD commodity now, releasing an album for the shape-shifting label following a string of excellent singles. Most of those singles are gonna make it to the Shrines LP, and so is "Fineshrine," a previously unheard hazed and melodic laptop R&B cut that is for you if you are a fan of anything you've heard from Purity Ring so far. Here's Purity Ring being Purity Ring, and being good at it: Read More...

• Purity Ring - Fineshrine

Stereogum Purity Ring's a 4AD commodity now, releasing an album for the shape-shifting label following a string of excellent singles. Most of those singles are gonna make it to the Shrines LP, and so is "Fineshrine," a previously unheard hazed and melodic laptop R&B cut that is for you if you are a fan of anything you've heard from Purity Ring so far. Here's Purity Ring being Purity Ring, and being good at it: Read More... [...]

Before this morning, the Canadian ghostly-synthpop duo Purity Ring had managed to build a serious buzz despite only having released three songs. Today, they bring the grand total to four, and new jam "Obedear" might be their strongest yet. It's an atmospheric glide with a plinky keyboard riff that reminds me of Game and 50 Cent's " How We Do ," and it's the first taste of the group's debut album Shrines , due this summer. Download it below. Read More...

• Purity Ring - Obedear

Heatseeking Canadian duo Purity Ring (and Cruel Summer mixtape vets) concocts a compelling mix of sounds with its electro pop, mixing slurped up hip-hop beats with bright female vocals. They've only got a handful of songs available but a new one, "Belispeak," dropped today. Read More...

• Purity Ring - Belispeak