Albums to watch

WOMB

Purity Ring

WOMB

Third album from the Canadian synthpop duo comprising vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
4AD
UK Release date
03/04/2020
US Release date
03/04/2020
  1. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    A music without much trace of earthy sensuality
    Read Review

  2. 8.0 |   The Music

    As always, Purity Ring are introspective and speak in the language of impossibly delicate dreamy atmospheres
    Read Review

  3. 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
    Read Review

  4. 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
    Read Review

  5. 8.0 |   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
    Read Review

  6. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    The Canadian synth-pop innovators perfect a balancing act of bringing their old sound to new horizons
    Read Review

  7. 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
    Read Review

  8. 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
    Read Review

  9. 7.0 |   Gigwise

    Providing something stable in an increasingly unpredictable world
    Read Review

  10. 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
    Read Review

  11. 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
    Read Review

  12. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Feels like the most minor letdown because it lacks the novel, inventive aura that Purity Ring once captured
    Read Review

  13. 6.0 |   DIY

    Not quite the modern reinvention it should be
    Read Review

  14. 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
    Read Review

  15. 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
    Read Review

  16. 6.0 |   Q

    Locked inside Womb is an excellent EP. Print edition only


blog comments powered by Disqus

Watch it

Roll over video for more options

Hear it

Latest Reviews

More reviews