I'd add "Crawlersout" and "Obedear" to the highlight list, personally
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
At first listen its a tubercular ward or delivery room, but from the lyrics its just sea water, blood, vinegar, tears, sebum, and sweat.
― ‽ Interrobang You're Dead ‽ (Sanpaku), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
Every review of this I've read has had incredibly harsh things to say about "Grandloves", which strikes me a little like "EW GET THAT DUDE AWAY FROM MY DEPRESSED FAIRY PRINCESS" reactionism given the strength of the reaction; it's not my favorite song on the album but it's not like it's wholly out of step with the overall vibe or even particularly bad.
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
this album = the sound of side-chain compression
― *triumphant sauce horns* (crüt), Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
i just think the arrival of a male figure is a weird intrusion on this very secluded forest in which only our own "depressed fairy princess" (to quote DJP) exists, and it shatters the illusion of that world, the singer (from here in edmonton too i believe?) doesn't fit that beautiful-but-underneath-dangerous magical forest vibe at all
― king louie riel (rennavate), Thursday, 25 October 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
this album is one of the biggest surprises I had this year; it's semi-amazing to me how many times I came back to it
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
I am absolutely stuck on this record. Pretty much everything I wanted from this thread, but never got. As far as this latest generation of synthpop goes, this album is best-of-breed IMO. "Obedear" and "Fineshrines" are obvious favorites, but nothing on the album stands out as being out of place, not even "Grandloves."
I don't understand the hate for that track, as you can hear hints of the dude in the songs leading up to it. IDK if it's more like dude-as-bandmate or -producer or -counterpoint, or more like Timbaland on Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" or post-XX influence, but it's not necessarily unexpected or unwelcome. Maybe because the album, and especially the vocals sound so "manipulated," that you're aware that it's a duo and bound to hear from the "manipulator" sooner or later.
Maybe I've had too much tonight, or maybe I just have more fun wondering whether the percussion in "Obedear" was bitten from Strafe's "Set it Off" or Snoop's "Drop it Like it's Hot" that other questions about the album pale in significance.
― naus, Sunday, 20 January 2013 12:30 (eleven years ago) link
i find grimes' album far more enjoyable because there's more variety
obviously there are big differences between this album and that besides "variety" but the main detractor for me with shrines was that it was too cohesive
― monotony, Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
I actively despised that Grimes album.
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Sunday, 20 January 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
the male voice isn't the producer guy, it's a sample of a song by another band that has a male singer
― james brooks, Sunday, 20 January 2013 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not saying this was #1 on my ilx ballot or anything, but it was
― ciderpress, Sunday, 20 January 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit: http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/163058/Purity%20Ring%20feat.%20Young%20Magic-Grandloves_Young%20Magic-You%20With%20Air/
― naus, Sunday, 20 January 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
#1 on my ilx ballot I AM NOT ALONE
― Mercer Finn, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
#5 on mine
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
I should hear this bunch.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
You should! Check out in particular "Fineshrine" and "Obedear"
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
xp I hated 'Grandloves' but could listen to the rest of Shrines on a continual loop for days on end.
The band remind me a lot of The Sundays. Obv different sounds involved, but that sense of innocent curiosity mixed up with faint dread...
― Mercer Finn, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- and having listened to those two, yeah not bad.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qVAJBl8WTw
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 2 September 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
are u in that?
― flopson, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
No :(
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
Not that I want to be in a boiler room video, but I wish I was there for that specific set.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah everyone lookin pretty lame
― flopson, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 02:50 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiV0RN0mPSk&feature=youtu.be
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 4 December 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
The teacher has become the student, because that sounds like a slowed-down CHVRCHES song.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2014 03:26 (nine years ago) link
As a fan of both, I enjoyed it. Def. more dense production-wise; everything sounds a bit more upfront. I appreciated the sparseness of their last album, and will have to give this one time.
― naus, Thursday, 4 December 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link
This has to be the most surprisingly positive thread on ILM.
― alpine static, Thursday, 4 December 2014 03:48 (nine years ago) link
i think this new track may be my favorite thing they've put out so far
― j. winters (josh), Friday, 5 December 2014 07:51 (nine years ago) link
album streaming on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/26/387542930/first-listen-purity-ring-another-eternity
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Thursday, 26 February 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Highlights for me so far: Begin Again, Heartsigh, Dust Hymn, Push Pull, Stillness in Woe (in p much that order).
Hit rate much lower than Shrines, but still think I'll love it a good deal.
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 1 March 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
I'm liking this new one more than I expected. They manage to maintain their core vibe without leaning on the production tricks that were exhausted on Shrines.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Sunday, 8 March 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
My initial impression is that this album isn't as immediately pleasing as Shrines but is still great.
― DJP, Sunday, 8 March 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
it just takes a couple songs to wake up, from the 4th track on it's bangin
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 March 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
So far it's a disappointment for me :( Shrines is so great, maybe my expectations were too high.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 19 March 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Eh, they've gone a bit to the cheesy side.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 20 March 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
My appreciation of the album hinged on how much I instantly loved "Stranger Than Earth" and "Begin Again". I was entertained but not as immediately bowled over as I was b Shrines until I heard those two songs back to back; after that, I feel like I was in the right head space to dive into what this album was offering as opposed to wanting a direct copy of Shrines and subsequent playthroughs have made me enjoy the first half of the album a lot more (particularly "Bodyache" and "Push Pull").
― DJP, Friday, 20 March 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
yeah Begin Again is probably the best song they've made.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 21 March 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
Kinda wish there was more of this coming from these two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SZ0gF7Fu0M
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 21 March 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
can't deal with this band at all, so dull.
― akm, Monday, 20 April 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link
i loved the first record but i think they may be a one-and-done band for me
― ciderpress, Monday, 20 April 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
Yes
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 20 April 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
Purity Ring used to be at least a little bit distinct in a class of bands that all sound roughly the same, but now they just sound like Chvrches with three times the electronics.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 April 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
Sorry Purity Ring. We've moved on to other gauzy synthpop combos. We'll always have 2012.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 20 April 2015 23:32 (nine years ago) link
I may just be tired, but I skimmed through the first few posts itt thinking it was about The Promise Ring.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:06 (nine years ago) link
I still dig both albums a ton
― DJP, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
i do really like 'push pull' though so i will continue to give this a fair chance
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:51 (nine years ago) link
They are playing 2 nights at Terminal 5 in NYC, a huge venue so people clearly still like them.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link
they sound exactly like the sort of band people would like but to me they're like a less good ellie goulding or something, to be honest.
― akm, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
if Ellie Goulding ever did anything in her music that made me imagine her pulling the wings off of dragonflies, I would find her more interesting
― DJP, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Good god, the new album is such a letdown. They basically killed everything that made them distinct and unique. RIP
― octobeard, Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
Find it weird that the 2nd album is such a disappointment to people. IT's not like a stretch from their first one. I get that people might not like they're thing tho
― Fatalist AmandaPalmistry (irrational), Thursday, 23 April 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah the new one is basically just more of the same, the only reason im not digging it as much as the 1st is the hooks aren't as strong to me
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
except for 'push pull' which i've been listening to a lot
New album suffers somewhat from diminishing returns but they are definitely sticking to their aesthetic plus one song is called “i love the devil”, so 👍🏾
― DJP, Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
That was my first impression too, but Rubyinsides and Peacefall are such great tracks that I wish the rest of the album would grow on further listening like the last two albums.
― braised cod, Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
"rubyinsides" is fantastic, yeah
I'm also a big fan of "stardew"
Basically I played this about 6 times over the past 24 hours and liked it more each playthrough
― DJP, Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
I just listened to most of this without really noticing :(Stardew is lovely though
― kinder, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
It took five listens for me to get into it.
― DJP, Friday, 10 April 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
Need to give this more time, but my first impression is that it is more sonically bold than the last one.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 10 April 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
I picked three songs off each album that I would use to introduce them to a new listener and put them all into a playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GJ3Qp9Tq9lmx1rNP8umJE?si=MT3-XKzbS6OunR91LK3Myg
― DJP, Monday, 13 April 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
yeah so this album rules (shocking that I would come to this conclusion, I know)
― DJP, Friday, 24 April 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
Finally giving this a shot after being mostly let down by the second album, and this is fantastic.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 21 June 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link