Parents stay up late trying to sort out why their daughter has rejected everything she was taught for a guy she would have never considered in her earlier teens. To those closest, they have ‘no excuse’ to abandon everything they know about God and His plan for relationships.Ĭhurch friends and family whisper tearfully over the runaway daughter emails confide in grandparents of the baby that is coming – no one had any idea. These girls are home schooled, Christian schooled, church-raised, and come from solid families. Many Christian girls postulate about relationships from the pedestal of singleness, only to find that navigating an actual relationship with a man is much different than the formulas previously set out. I thought I had relationships figured out.Īnd then I got into a relationship, and I discovered that not only did I not have it figured out, but there were capabilities within me directly contrary to all I had ever learned.Īs I wrote about in my post Prone to Compromise, every young woman – regardless of her background – is susceptible to compromise when given the opportunity. My dad gave me my ring at age 13, and most of my friends had one, too. I grew up at the height of the purity movement: a church-led initiative encouraging commitments to abstinence, intentional relationships, courtship and purity rings. I liked to read about relationships (in that sense, nothing has changed I’ve just developed a more grown-up taste of biographies of famous married couples) and read all the above titles, plus more. ![]() Why I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Josh Harris.When Dreams Come True by Eric and Leslie Ludy.Becoming a Young Woman After God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George.Before You Meet Prince Charming by Sarah Mally.With every step forward they take, Purity Ring actualize their vision while sounding utterly and undeniably like themselves.In my early teens, my bookshelf included such titles as: The pair worked to develop an innovative new live performance, and Megan designed the band’s onstage and video fashion.Īnother Eternity revels in its upfront melody, clarity, and confidence. As usual, the band produced and recorded Another Eternity entirely themselves. Though they are now working at a higher resolution, Purity Ring remain hands-on with every aspect of their project. The emotional geography of Another Eternity is wider than ever: gloomy valleys and gleaming peaks in even measure. “repetition” finds surreal, love-lorn lyricism soaring over delicately woven synths. “stillness in woe” features a frozen, manipulated piano, dovetailing with Megan’s time suspending narrative. “bodyache” is the kind of devastatingly infectious single that their previous work only gestured at. “begin again” rouses Purity Ring’s brooding balladry into a sky-reaching anthem while retaining its distinctive shape. Corin Roddick’s gifts for evocative melody remain intact, but his drum work and use of space have been completely reforged: immaculately built and focused in service of the song. ![]() Crafting a lyrical universe of “sweat and dreams” populated by seacastles, rattling spines, and weeping drawers, Megan James wields concrete imagery and metaphor with increasingly direct, startling resonance. ![]() On Another Eternity, Purity Ring trade the gorgeously claustrophobic atmospheres of Shrines for wide-open, muscular vistas of sound and luminous, up-front vocals. They quickly amassed a rabid fanbase, toured relentlessly and sold out shows worldwide. Critics were psyched: ‘Best New Music’ from Pitchfork and praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and NPR, among others. At the center of the amniotic swirl of Shrines was an undeniable nucleus of crystalline pop which presciently suggested both indie and popular music to come. Despite being a thousand kilometers apart and barely talking, Shrines was a cohesive, beguiling and wholly unique universe of what the band called ‘Future Pop’. Purity Ring’s first album Shrines was recorded separately in Montreal and Halifax, where Corin and Megan were respectively living at the time. For the first time, vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick were able to create a record in the same room. The pair ventured home to the frozen industrial landscapes of their birthplace Edmonton, Alberta to document much of what was to become the album. After sixty-five fortnights, Purity Ring have returned with their super-tight second album Another Eternity.
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