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9.0
73737
9.0 |
Paste Magazine
Represents the confluence of hard trap beats with the formula for electro that gave rise to prevailing styles in indie music
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8.0
73706
8.0 |
All Music
Remains true to what makes Purity Ring special by refining it, and proves that they can challenge themselves and deliver their most accessible work yet
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8.0
73952
8.0 |
State
Purity Ring have built on the foundations of the old to create something new
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8.0
74012
8.0 |
Clash
With more revealed in every listen, 'Another Eternity' shows that there's much more to Purity Ring than initially meets the eye
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8.0
73625
8.0 |
The List
This kind of bait-and-switch pop won’t leave you rewarded for eternity but sometimes life is just too short to care
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8.0
73628
8.0 |
The Music
Purity Ring have delivered another album of spellbinding pop perfection
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8.0
73630
8.0 |
NOW
James's vocals are as ethereal as ever yet also expand beyond her saccharine-laced tendencies to sultry pop-star tones
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8.0
73684
8.0 |
PopMatters
Another Eternity is the best case scenario for fans of the first album, providing more of what James and Roddick excel at, but intensified and refined. It’s one step closer to pop perfection
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8.0
73691
8.0 |
Exclaim
Marks Purity Ring as not just purveyors of a unique sound, but talented songwriters, too
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7.5
73627
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
An easy pop dose unless you choose to pay close attention to the lyrics. Then it becomes one of the most wrenching listens of the year
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7.4
73748
7.4 |
Earbuddy
A record full of ambitious and dynamic pop songs, all of which have the potential to set the charts alight
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7.0
73733
7.0 |
Beardfood
Highly enjoyable, but they should've kept pushing forward in order to surprise us
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7.0
73724
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Producer Corin Roddick crafts stark tracks that find a middle ground between lustrous synth pop and the plush, cavernous hip-hop of hot producers like Mike Will Made It
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7.0
73783
7.0 |
FasterLouder
Repeated listens unearth the buried treasure on the record
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7.0
73624
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Proves that Purity Ring are far more complex than their surface lacquer of innocence may have led us believe
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7.0
73629
7.0 |
NME
Just good tunes, regardless of which genre they slip into, or out of
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7.0
73687
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Producer Corin Roddick's tinny percussive loops, pitch-shifted vocal samples, and bass drones continue to make a fine pairing with singer Megan James's deceptively unassuming vocals
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6.7
73696
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Seems more focused on entertaining large masses of people than creating meaningful art
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6.7
73744
6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The album is good, which is a component never worth underscoring. But it could be much more than that
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6.6
73653
6.6 |
Pitchfork
But if Purity Ring don't have the advantage of novelty anymore, their aesthetic is strong enough that familiarity becomes a decent substitute
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6.5
73953
6.5 |
Under The Radar
Feels like little more than a competent game of catch-up for three years away, with Purity Ring now following in the footsteps of others, in a genre where they once led the pack
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6.0
73851
6.0 |
Mojo
Harder edges and more beats, akin to running laps with increasing breathlessness. Print edition only
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6.0
73727
6.0 |
Spin
The weight of Tucker and Roddick's reverb-drenched, synth-stuffed production is such that it's hard for their songs to consistently achieve the kind of liftoff that the pair desires
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6.0
73774
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
For a duo who didn’t record a note of their debut album in the same room as each other, this follow up all sounds oddly detached
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6.0
73651
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Struggles to distance itself from the post-EDM wasteland of FM pop. In the end, another eternity leaves us somewhere in the middle, to contemplate the excellent and the bland
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6.0
73648
6.0 |
DIY
It’s a trade-off that on the whole gives way to a warmer, more idealistic side to Purity Ring after the bitter chill of their debut
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5.5
73770
5.5 |
The 405
James and Roddick clearly have their sights set on mainstream success, but are instead in danger of sounding like one of the many pretenders that their first album spawned, rather than smart, subtly innovative band they once were
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5.0
74020
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
Stripped down to just the bare songs, there's little to work with and no strong riffs or melodies
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5.0
74042
5.0 |
musicOMH
It’s not that Purity Ring have gone backwards, it’s just that in the future they predicted they look slightly less interesting
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5.0
73650
5.0 |
Uncut
There remains the faintest hint of gothic romance, a kind of Dead Can Dance Class. But you are likely to slip off trying to locate any kind of edge. Print edition only
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4.0
73631
4.0 |
The Guardian
You almost wish vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick would donate their productions to chart behemoths in need of an indie crossover single, rather than creating an average alt-pop hybrid themselves
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4.0
73626
4.0 |
The Skinny
Her newfound android pallor is no longer fairytale-weird, but a cold pop mannequin with no heartbeat
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