purity ring – Daniel Whyte IV

“i like the devil”: Purity Ring’s Prayer for a Balanced Perspective on Feminism and Womanhood

Screenshot from Purity Ring's lyric video for "i like the devil" [YouTube]

The song skillfully expresses the complex demonization and deification of womanhood throughout history If there were ever a musical act to embody the adjective of rebel, Purity Ring is that act. Starting in 2012, with debut album Shrines, vocalist Megan James has delivered dense, mysterious, beautifully threatening lyrics, and producer Corin Roddick has turned the idea of…

The Second Coming of Purity Ring

Megan James and Corin Roddick of Purity Ring

WOMB delivers a complex spiritual reflection for today’s distant world The electro-pop band, Purity Ring, might not be a household name, partly because the two-member act’s overwhelming sound and often gory lyrics don’t subscribe to the modern majority’s palette of musical taste. But, after a five-year hiatus since their sophomore album Another Eternity, writer/vocalist Megan James and…