Womb
by Purity Ring
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Apr 3, 2020
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Clash Music
    Apr 14, 2020
    80
    There is no doubting the power Roddick and James are wielding on ‘Womb’. The talent of Purity Ring as songwriters, instrumentalists and visionaries is clear to see – it will be interesting to see where the band can take their sound in years to come.
  2. AllMusic
    Apr 3, 2020
    80
    Womb's confidence and eloquence proves that a more grown-up Purity Ring still has plenty of sparkle and wonder -- and makes a fine way to round out Roddick and James' first decade of making music together.
  3. Paste Magazine
    Apr 8, 2020
    78
    WOMB is uncomfortable yet poignant as an exploration of suffering and subsequent healing in a multifaceted way. Using fuzzy ambience, pitched-up vocals, and watery synths, this album takes listeners on a disorienting, Willy Wonka-like boat ride through a bloody journey of femininity.
  5. Pitchfork
    Apr 6, 2020
    73
    Purity Ring, by placing the mature perspective of an adult woman in the throat of an adolescent girl, confer upon children a maturity and sophistication that most don’t possess, and shouldn’t have to. Still, WOMB is some of Purity Ring’s strongest work, a confident and singular statement from a band often imitated over the past decade.
  6. PopMatters
    Apr 27, 2020
    70
    Although WOMB never stops sounding good, the bops came easier in 2012. The best thing you can say about WOMB is that it's an effortful return to form, an album where most tracks slowly but surely prove their worth.
  7. musicOMH.com
    Apr 20, 2020
    70
    Womb contains a world that is by nature red in tooth and claw, and Purity Ring have found a way to marvel at every single aspect of the experience.
  8. Exclaim
    Apr 3, 2020
    70
    It's more of a steady refinement than a great leap forward. The wait may have been long, but the results are mature and compassionate enough to justify it.

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. caiio
    Apr 6, 2020
    10
    as everything Purity Ring do, WOMB is incredibly good, their uniqueness amazes me. the only miss is asido has been left out of it. femia,as everything Purity Ring do, WOMB is incredibly good, their uniqueness amazes me. the only miss is asido has been left out of it. femia, rubyinsides and almanc would be really good single/videos. they never disappoint me and was not this time. try it patiently and you will feel the comfort of the womb… Full Review »
  2. RageNate
    Apr 6, 2020
    7
    Worthies (7/10): Pink Lightning; Peacefall; Femia; Sinew; Vehemence; Silkspun; Stardew
  3. Lupercalia
    Apr 6, 2020
    9
    It’s a perfect blend between past and future purity ring . Lush and bright and full of hope during these circumstances . The lyrical contentIt’s a perfect blend between past and future purity ring . Lush and bright and full of hope during these circumstances . The lyrical content transports you… Full Review »
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