While their 2012 debut ‘Shrines’ was composed remotely between Halifax
and Montreal, ‘Another Eternity’ marks the first time Megan and Corin were
able to create a record in the same room. With‘Another Eternity’, Purity
Ring trade the claustrophobic atmospheres of ‘Shrines’ for wide-open
expanses of sound. Between the brooding anthem ‘begin again’, the infectious
‘bodyache’ and the time suspending ‘stillness in woe’, the emotional
geography of Another Eternity is wider than ever: gloomy valleys and gleaming
peaks in equal measure. Megan James’ vocals are in sharper focus as she
details her lyrical universe of “sweat and dreams' populated by seacastles,
rattling spines and weeping drawers. Corin Roddick’s gift for evocative
melody remains intact but his percussive skills and use of space have
been refined and honed.
