Purity Ring are kicking off a new era with two singles, “many lives” and “part ii.” Both songs are out now via the fellowship.
“many lives” is an enchanting digital choral cut, built around explosive refrains of vocal layers before mj comes through with the lead melody. The drums take cues from breakbeat dance grooves, giving the song the feeling of the waning hours of a late night at the club. “part ii” takes dusty, crackling harp chords and the same digital choir featured on “many lives,” making it a perfect addendum to the first cut.
Regarding the tracks, the band said: “In a lot of ways, ‘many lives’ + ‘pt ii’ is the epicenter of things we’ve been working on recently. It’s like the sun we’ve been orbiting around for the past few years. It feels pitch black and impossible, but also has in it all the things we can make out of that. We’re just really excited about making music at this point in our career and we felt a kind of vastness and possibility when making this.”
Check out both new singles below.
