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NotesTop 50 Songs of 2012: #1, Purity Ring - Fineshrine
Cut open my sternum and pull my little ribs around you.
“Transcendence” is the best word in music criticism. Originality, precision or talent are all well and good, but if you’re capable of transcending a culture with art, you will have an attention of the masses. Purity Ring came from a weird place. The Canadian duo emerged from a cavern of genres where experimental electro-pop, southern hip-hop, trap rap and witch-house intertwine in unconventional and off-setting ways.
On their debut LP Shrines, Purity Ring take heaps of sonic ideas, production styles and compositions to build an unusual decoupage which would theoretically take a well-read and, quote-on-quote, intellectual music crowd to appreciate. Anyone exposed to their sound knows all of this gets thrown out the window once one of Shrines’ infectious hooks crawls under your skin. From the chopped and screwed sample styles, lead vocalist Megan James’ adorable timbre and ethereal presentation and scope, Shrines unexpectedly lands on the power to transcend complicated music genres and produce a work of engaging and unanimously lovable proportion.
(Source: Spotify)
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NotesTop 50 Songs of 2012: #12, AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
Some people want me to be heads or tails.
Thank god for Aluna Francis and George Reid to remind us how catchy UK pop is this year. While the craving for dance-worthy British music has gone dry in recent times, there’s always the lone few projects ready to breathe life back into a fading scene. With some of the grooviest ear-worm hooks and vogue-esque, glossy beats, “You Know You Like It” easily lands the best electronic/pop single for 2012 on both sides of the pond.
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Purity Ring - Shrines
Gorgeously laced with electro-pop textures, southern rap influenced beat styles and sensuous vocals, Alberta-duo Purity Ring have blessed us this year with their crack-like addictive debut LP, “Shrines”: a fresh and terrifically bold sounding record, easily trumping artists of similar suit (we’re looking at you, Phantogram & Young Magic), making for some of the best electronic music this year. (9/10)
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Phantogram - Nightlife
With a set of six tracks flowing with dozens of ideas, Phantogram’s EP “Nightlife” serves as an engaging spin-off sequel to their debut LP, “Eyelid Movies”, with the same intoxicating rhythm-based electronic dream pop signature formula Phantogram fans love. (7/10)
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