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8.0
117904
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
A music without much trace of earthy sensuality
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8.0
117906
8.0 |
The Music
As always, Purity Ring are introspective and speak in the language of impossibly delicate dreamy atmospheres
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8.0
117915
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
In these dark days, we need to find comfort in small joys. Purity Ring’s third album is a shimmering escape, and as good a self-isolation soundtrack as you’re likely to find
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8.0
117998
8.0 |
All Music
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
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8.0
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Clash
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
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7.8
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7.8 |
Paste Magazine
The Canadian synth-pop innovators perfect a balancing act of bringing their old sound to new horizons
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7.3
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7.3 |
Pitchfork
The electro-pop duo’s first album in five years muses on bodies, blood, and a girl’s coming of age; it benefits from the group’s newfound musical maturity and more exacting editorial eye
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7.0
117916
7.0 |
Exclaim
After such a long absence, WOMB probably won't put Purity Ring back at the front of pop's vanguard — it's more of a steady refinement than a great leap forward
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7.0
117912
7.0 |
Gigwise
Providing something stable in an increasingly unpredictable world
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7.0
118233
7.0 |
musicOMH
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
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7.0
118303
7.0 |
PopMatters
Although Purity Ring's WOMB never stops sounding good, the bops came easier in 2012. WOMB is an effortful return to form for the electropop duo
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7.0
118082
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Feels like the most minor letdown because it lacks the novel, inventive aura that Purity Ring once captured
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6.0
118090
6.0 |
DIY
Not quite the modern reinvention it should be
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6.0
117914
6.0 |
The Skinny
Megan James and Corin Roddick are happy to operate within their comfort zone on WOMB; it's a welcome return for Purity Ring
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6.0
117908
6.0 |
NME
Subtle experiments pay off on Purity Ring's eerie, macabre third album – though you may sometimes wish they’d surprise you more
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6.0
118032
6.0 |
Q
Locked inside Womb is an excellent EP. Print edition only
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