Lyrically complex and musically engaging, Purity Ring’s debut full-length shouldn’t be missed. 2012, 4AD 8.0 / 10.0 After my first encounter with Purity Ring and their early single, “Belispeak”, I would have never guessed the duo of Corin Roddick and Megan James’ debut album would be so enamored by [...]

Purity Ring laid on the mystique early for Shrines . With the 2011 online release of three ubiquitous singles- “Ungirthed”, “Lofticries”, and “Belispeak”- the level of buzz surrounding the pop duo had reached an almost procedural level. Now, over a year later, comes the inevitable release of Shrines and it’s a testament to the craftsmanship of Purity Ring that this imminent hooplah somehow dodged any hint of anticlimax. Instead, here we are, with a thirty-eight minute collection of sumptiously dazzling synthpop. In terms of sound, Grimes leaps immediately to mind- as does Fever [...]
Good news this week for fans of UK experimental trio Factory Floor — after nearly a decade of waiting, the band are finally putting out an actual full-length debut album. It's due early next year through DFA, and we're betting it's gonna be excellent. This news, along with the release of Purity Ring's long-awaited first LP next week (we've heard it, and it's not bad at all) got us thinking about debut albums that have proven worth a lengthy wait. Most bands chunk out an album as soon as they get a sniff of a record deal; these bands didn't, [...]

New entries, big moves and a new number one are the order the day on this week's installment of the Top 30. The new ones come from New York's Cymbals Eat Guitars, Philadelphia's The War On Drugs, Austin's Silent Diane and SLEEP ? OVER , the Bradford Cox solo project, Atlas Sound and features a big Top 10 debut for Canadian duo Purity Ring. There were big moves for Australian entries, Chet Faker and Voltaire Twins while The Horrors, with the best song by a country mile off their new album Skying, 'Moving Further Away' takes the top spot from [...]