
Canadian electro-pop duo Purity Ring, the big blog buzz band of 2011 are set to release their debut album, Shrines, through English label 4AD on July 24. The first track of this year to appear from it, 'Obedear', continues the chopped up stilted pop trajectory of excellent singles released last year, 'Belispeak' and 'Ungirthed', both of which appear on the record along with the latter's B-side 'Lofticries'. Check out the tracklist and download [...]

Monday Music’s the weekly post where SOIWT drops its London-only rule, and goes global: Purity Ring - Ungirthed ( mp3 ) Dang man, this is irresistible. Like a hopelessly lovesick teenager, I'm doting over Megan James ' falsetto, her perky pop peaks, her echoey keyboard bounce. Like a hopelessly lovesick teenager, I want to write on my pencil case that I love her. And like a hopelessly lovesick teenager, I'll probably have moved on in a week's time. ( NB: the video below is a school assigment by one Lianne Blondeau [...]