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Shrines is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Purity Ring. It was released on July 20, 2012, by 4AD. Purity Ring recorded the album separately at home over several months, sending their parts via email.
Purity Ring is a Canadian electronic pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2010. The band consists of multi-instrumentalist/producer Corin Roddick and vocalist Megan James. They released their debut album Shrines in 2012 to critical acclaim, followed by Another Eternity in 2015 and Womb in 2020.
Jul 24, 2012 · The band that Purity Ring most reminds me of is High Places. The dubbed-out retro-futuristic approach to sound, the male/female duo, the connection to the earlier iterations of indie pop, the...
Jul 20, 2022 · Crawlersout, belispeak, lofticries, obedear, grandloves, amenamy. From the song titles on down, Purity Ring built a whole new world on their debut album, Shrines, which came out 10 years ago...
Jul 20, 2012 · Shrines is the debut album by Purity Ring, released on July 24, 2012 by 4AD. The album’s title comes from the line “Build it into pinnacles and shrines of some / Some ghastly predicament of...
Apr 24, 2012 · Purity Ring's approach to synth pop on Shrines blurs the line that separates dark and cute. While it brings the new LP some unique qualities, the overall experience of these eleven tracks is a bit one-dimensional.
Jul 20, 2022 · Indeed, Shrines — which celebrates its tenth anniversary today, July 20th — is an album that represents Purity Ring operating with only their essentials, forging a path that would later define the sound of modern pop, if only for a portion of the last decade.
