Another Eternity (LP)

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.