Purity RingBest Purity Ring Albums Ranked

Shrines

pitchfork

8.4

“A year and a half after Purity Ring surfaced with the song "Ungirthed", the young Edmonton, Alberta, duo has released a proper debut, a compulsively listenable collection of dubbed-out retro-futuristic indie pop. Shrines is not about range, offering instead subtly different versions of a single, near-perfect idea.”

WOMB

loudandquiet

8.0

“It’s crazy to think the last time Purity Ring dropped an album was in 2015, back when everything didn’t seem quite so fucked up. The pair have since written and produced for Katy Perry, but mostly they’ve laid low in the turbulent years following the release of another eternity. Now they’re back with WOMB, a great big hug of an album that’s arrived at an auspicious moment. Megan James and Corin R”

WOMB

pastemagazine

7.8

“The Canadian synth-pop innovators perfect a balancing act of bringing their old sound to new horizons”

WOMB

pitchfork

7.3

“The electro-pop duo’s first album in five years muses on bodies, blood, and a girl’s coming of age; it benefits from the group’s newfound musical maturity and more exacting editorial eye.”

purity ring

pastemagazine

7.1

“The Canadian duo’s latest acts as an imagined soundtrack to an RPG video game. Their lush electronic sound and exploratory tone effectively conjure the escapist virtual reality of their inspirations, although the result is more enticing in concept than execution.”

Another Eternity

pitchfork

6.6

“On their follow-up to 2012's Shrines, Purity Ring find the pop world about where they left it. If their balance of delicacy and danger doesn't have the advantage of novelty anymore, their aesthetic is strong enough that familiarity becomes a decent substitute.”