A preview of my forthcoming annual, year-end, favourite albums post. Below is an album that is definitely under consideration - time will tell where it ends up on, or off, the final list.
Yes, Purity Ring could be deemed an electronic act but they come across much softer, much more subdued and human than your typical electro sound. This without delving too deep into shoe-gaze which recently has become so ethereal it can be a struggle to stay conscious. They have managed to sneak themselves into a creative middle ground; where other bands ding they ping, and where other bands crack they snap. Accompanying the music on the gibberish compound word titled songs (Fineshrine? Belispeak? Lofticries?) is a truly enjoyable female voice - another rarity in the genre, and even a male one as well to keeps things varied. When CBC Radio 3 first introduced them as the 25,000th artist on the website they seemed like a novelty act, however this full-length is chock full of tunes that blow that early dismissal away - Purity Ring are the real thing.
Feel free to check out last year's list or my Top Albums lists dating back to 2002 on my previous Vernacular blog.
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