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Sep 5, 2012[A] sense of distance permeates the music: dark, mutable, likably repetitive synth whirr that recalls artfully creepy bands like the Knife.
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Aug 8, 2012The LP plays at depth and synthesis while making do with simply reproducing indie electro-pop tropes.
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Aug 3, 2012Shrines lacks any friction; Purity Ring has created a very viable sound that doesn't offend or stick.
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Q MagazineAug 2, 2012Both vocals and music here shimmer with a weird radiance... to dizzying, intoxicating effect. [Aug 2012, p.108]
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Jul 26, 2012The inventiveness in James's vocals draws attention to the lack of that quality in Roddick's production, which grows clichéd after a while.
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Jul 25, 2012Purity Ring suffers from the all-too-popular idea that pitch-shifted vocal samples and well-calibrated washes of reverb are enough to create haunting, enigmatic music, as opposed to crafting singular worlds of sound that convey the soul of their creator and resonate within the listener.
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Jul 23, 2012Purity Ring are an alluring concept – the lyrical imagery alone is dazzling – and there is divinity here worthy of rapture and reverence. However, even over a polite forty minutes, familiarity and repetition conspire to break the spell.
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Jul 20, 2012Purity Ring is trying to do too much, and true to the less-is-more adage, the busier Shrines gets, the emptier it feels.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 113 out of 122
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Mixed: 5 out of 122
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Negative: 4 out of 122
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