User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 122 Ratings
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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Awards & Rankings
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Sep 13, 2012The refrain in "Fineshrine" ("Get a little closer, let it fold/Cut open my sternum and pull/My little ribs around you") sums up Purity Ring with creepy efficacy, consuming and surrounding the listener. And as sweetly chirped by Megan James, it never seems like a bad thing.
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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 10, 2012The contrast between Purity Ring's two halves is special and compelling, but Shrines goes over best when Roddick's reverent sound and James' lustful fury synchronize and break you off properly, womb-stem-style.