Purity Ring (band)

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Purity ring
Purity Ring at the Melt Festival, 2013
Purity Ring at the Melt Festival , 2013
General information
origin Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
Genre (s) Electropop , synth pop , dream pop , glitch , indie pop , witch house
founding 2010
Website purityringthing.com
Founding members
Megan James
Corin Roddick
Current occupation
singing
 Megan James
Corin Roddick

Purity Ring is a Canadian electro-pop band from Edmonton , Alberta , founded in 2010 . The band consists of singer Megan James and producer Corin Roddick. Her debut album Shrines was released in 2012.

Band history

Purity Ring during a live performance in 2012

James and Roddick were originally members of the indie rock band Gobble Gobble (later renamed Born Gold ). During a 2010 tour, drummer Roddick experimented with electronic beats and asked former pianist James to sing a few vocals for it. From this experiment, the future band's first song emerged: Ungirthed , released in January 2011.

In April 2012, Purity Ring announced that it had signed record deals with Last Gang Records (distribution in Canada) and 4AD (worldwide distribution). In the same month, their first single, Obedear, was released on these labels. On July 24th followed the debut album Shrines , which landed at number 32 on the Billboard 200 with 90,000 copies sold in the USA (until February 2015) . Pitchfork Media authors voted Shrines 24th out of the 50 best albums of 2012.

In March 2015, the group released their second album Another Eternity , which reached number 25 on the Canadian and number 26 of the American album charts.

The duo wrote and produced three tracks for Katy Perry's 2017 album Witness : Mind Maze , Miss You More and Bigger than Me .

For the five-year anniversary of Shrines , the band released the single Asido in July 2017 , which should not be on the upcoming album.

In November 2018 it was announced that the band had finished recording their third album.

Style, influence and production

Purity Rings productions are described as synth pop , dream pop , indie electronic, trip-hop and witch house , among others . According to some authors, the music contains elements from Dubstep , Chillwitch and Dutch House as well as influences from (early) hip-hop and a distinctive Roland TR-808 sound. The band itself uses the genre name "Future Pop". The duo is attributed a stylistic closeness to or influences from artists such as Grimes , Iamamiwhoami , Mantronix , Man Parrish , The Knife , AlunaGeorge , Portishead and especially the Cocteau Twins .

Pitchfork called Shrines a time capsule of the sound of 2012 and 2013.

Since Corin Roddick lived in Montreal and Megan James lived in Halifax for a few years until they moved back to Edmonton , the cooperation took place largely over the Internet. Roddick produced the beats and sent them via email to Halifax, about 1,300 miles away, or Edmonton, 3,600 km away, where James recorded the vocals and sent them back. Only Another Enternity was largely produced together in their hometown of Edmonton and recorded.

Purity Rings titles have been used in several TV productions and trailers.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CA CA UK UK US US Dance Dance
2012 Shrines - UK100 (1 week)
UK 		US32 (3 weeks)
US 		Dance2 (39 weeks)
Dance
First published: July 24, 2012, Labels: 4AD (worldwide), Last Gang Records (Canada), Hostess Entertainment Unlimited (Japan), High Note Records (Taiwan),
Format: Download, CD, LP; Sales: + 90,000 (USA)
2015 Another Eternity CA25 (1 week)
CA 		UK61 (1 week)
UK 		US26 (3 weeks)
US 		Dance1 (67 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 3rd, 2015, Labels: 4AD (worldwide), Last Gang Records (Canada), Hostess Entertainment Unlimited (Japan)
Format: Download, CD, LP; 3 weeks at number 1 on the "Billboard Top Dance / Electronic Albums" charts
2020 Womb - - US195 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US 		Dance1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020Dance
First published: April 3, 2020

Another Eternity also reached # 4 on the Alternative Albums Chart (Billboard, 4 weeks on the charts)

EPs

  • 2011: Braids (Belispeak / Peach Wedding)

Singles

  • 2012: Obedear
  • 2012: Belispeak
  • 2015: Bodyache
  • 2017: Asido

Demos

  • 2012: Fineshrine
  • 2015: Heartsigh
  • 2015: Push Pull
  • 2015: Begin Again

As a guest musician

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Shrines at Discogs
  2. ↑ a b c d James Keith: Live Review: Purity Ring Distilled Trip-Hop, Stadium Rave & The Gothic Into One Evening. In: Complex Magazine (UK). May 1, 2015, archived from the original on February 3, 2016 (British English). ;
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Ben Sullivan: Purity Ring - Shrines. In: Tiny Mix Tapes. 2012, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  4. ↑ biography on laut.de. Retrieved November 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b c chart sources:
  6. ↑ a b Upcoming releases. In: Hits Daily Double. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015 ; Retrieved November 4, 2018 (US sales as of Feb 2015).
  7. ↑ The Top 50 Albums of 2012. Pitchfork Media, accessed November 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b Eddie Fu: Purity Ring celebrate 5th anniversary of Shrines with new song “Asido”. A “standalone gift” to fans while the synthpop duo works on their upcoming album. In: Consequence of Sound. July 24, 2017, accessed November 5, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Witness at Discogs
  10. ↑ Tweet from July 24, 2017
  11. ↑ Jordan Mohler: Purity Ring Have Finished Recording Their New Album. In: killthemusic.net. November 6, 2018, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  12. ↑ a b Christine Werthman: Interview: Purity Ring Talks the Making of "Another Eternity," Hometown Pride, and the Approaching Zombie Apocalypse. In: Complex Magazine. January 20, 2015, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  13. ↑ a b Caroline Sullivan: Purity Ring review - chilly atmospherics from intense electro-pop duo. In: The Guardian . Guardian News & Media Ltd., May 1, 2015, accessed November 19, 2018 (UK English).
  14. ↑ a b c d e f g h Paul Lester: New band of the week: Purity Ring. In: The Guardian . Guardian News & Media Ltd., April 5, 2012, accessed November 19, 2018 (UK English).
  15. ^ A b Duncan Cooper: Purity Ring, “Belispeak” MP3. In: The FADER. August 26, 2011, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  16. ↑ a b Purity Ring interview: “This isn't confession.” In: DUMMY. June 7, 2012, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  17. ^ A b Ian Cohen: Purity Ring. In: Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media, February 10, 2015, accessed on November 19, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Allmusic.com
  19. ↑ Sandra Sperounes: More with Purity Ring's Megan James: Coachella, Danny Brown, success and velvet. In: Edmonton Journal. Postmedia Network Inc., February 24, 2014, accessed on November 19, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Kristie Rohwedder: The Song In Marvel's 'Runaways' Trailer Sets The Tone For The Hulu Series. In: Bustle. Bustle Digital Group, October 26, 2017, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Another Eternity at Discogs
  22. ↑ Fabian Soethof: Jon Hopkins and Purity Ring record “Breathe This Air” again. In: Musikexpress.de. August 9, 2013, accessed on November 6, 2018 (first version only as a promo, new recording in limited version).

Web links

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