Purity Ring Return with New Album 'WOMB'

They have shared its "stardew" and North American tour dates

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Feb 18, 2020

Nearly five years removed from sharing Another Eternity, Purity Ring have returned with details of a full-length follow-up.

The duo of Megan James and Corin Roddick will release new album WOMB on April 3 through Crystal Math/4AD. Recorded and produced by the pair, the album runs 10 tracks in length, and you can find its artwork above.

Alongside the announcement, James and Roddick have shared new song "stardew" and some North American tour dates. On May 20, the duo will play Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre ahead of a date at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom on June 3, marking the only Canadian stops on the itinerary.

Exclaim! named Purity Ring's 2012 debut Shrines one of the 50 Best Canadian Albums of the 2010s.

WOMB is now available for pre-order.

WOMB:

1. rubyinsides
2. pink lightning
3. peacefall
4. i like the devil
5. femia
6. sinew
7. vehemence
8. silkspun
9. almanac
10. stardew

Tour dates:

05/03 Phoenix, AZ - Van Buren
05/04 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
05/07 Austin, TX - ACL Live
05/08 Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
05/09 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
05/11 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
05/12 Washington, D.C. - Anthem
05/13 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
05/15 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
05/16 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
05/18 Boston, MA - House of Blues
05/20 Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre
05/23 Bakersfield, CA - Lightning in a Bottle Fest
05/26 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
05/27 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Theatre
05/28 Denver, CO - Mission
05/29 Ogden, UT - Ogden Twilight
05/30 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
06/01 Spokane, OR - Knitting Factory
06/02 Seattle, WA - The Paramount
06/03 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
06/04 Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
06/05 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre 
06/07 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
06/10 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park
06/11 Los Angeles, CA - The Palladium

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