Purity Ring returned last month with “many lives” and “pt ii,” their first new songs since their 2023 collaboration with Black Dresses, and they’ve now announced a new self-titled album. It’s their fourth, due out on September 26 via the fellowship, and inspired by video games like Nier Automata and Final Fantasy X. According to the press release, “the record tells the story of two hapless characters — embodiments of mj and Corin — on a journey to build a kinder world amid the ruins of a broken one. But this is no escapist fantasy: it is the first step of forbidden dreaming, of imagining a place where the vulnerable are heeded, where grief is spoken aloud and held collectively, where family is a verb rather than a noun, where hope and home can bloom together.”
They’ve shared another new single, sparkling electro-pop track “place of my own,” which you can hear below. “This is one of those songs that came into being with ease and immediacy,” they say. “We were in a hazy forest in the mountains, and the beat felt just like the cloud we were in. It was succinct and ready for the type of lyrics that imbued places we dream of, places we wish we could exist in, places we see everyday but are just out of reach. In the end, this song is meant as a sort of spell in the way that maybe we can reach these places if we watch our steps carefully, if we take the time to build them for ourselves.”
They’ve also announced a fall North American tour, beginning on October 13 in Ventura, CA and running through November 12 in Los Angeles. The NYC show is at Brooklyn Steel on October 30, and tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, July 17 at 10 AM local, with various presales happening now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-PNCi28xo
PURITY RING TRACKLIST
relict
many lives
part ii
place of my own
red the sunrise
memory ruins
mistral
the long night
Imanocean
between you and shadows
mj odyssey
broken well
glacier ::in memory of rs::
PURITY RING: 2025 TOUR DATES
10/13/25: Ventura, CA – Majestic Theatre
10/14/25: San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
10/16/25: Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
10/17/25: Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
10/18/25: Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
10/20/25: Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
10/21/25: Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
10/23/25: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
10/24/25: Chicago, IL – Metro
10/25/25: Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
10/26/25: Cleveland, OH – Globe Iron
10/29/25: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10/30/25: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
10/31/25: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/01/25: Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theatre
11/03/25: Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
11/04/25: Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
11/05/25: Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
11/07/25: Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
11/08/25: Austin, TX – ACL Live At The Moody Theater
11/10/25: Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
11/11/25: San Diego, CA – The Observatory
11/12/25: Los Angeles, CA – The Novo